Lets see what the government does with broadband
It will be interesting to see what the government comes up with in the way of broadband internet. The impasse between Telstra and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has seen luts of huffing and puffing, but no actual action on getting on with building a decent high speed broadband network. However, election approaching, its become a bit of an embarassment for government, this lack of progress, so they need to at least be seen to be doing something, particularly as the ALP opposition has already laid its cards on the table.
One thing I can confidently predict … as with most new-ish technologies, the policy will be designed to protect existing players, and to hell with innovation and the interests of consumers. Or, to put it bluntly, the government will fuck it up! Just as was the case with digital TV and pay TV (probably others, those are the ones that come to mind immediately).
