NBN FTTN kills off ADSL for Adelaide metro customer, to be replaced with satellite The NBN company has confirmed plans to terminate the ADSL connection of a customer living in metropolitan Adelaide and replace it with a high-latency satellite connection, due to the installation of Fibre to the Node...

True, we are using more per capita, but because of immigration, there are more capitas. 8) <pedant voice> I must point out that "capita" is already plural, being Latin for "heads" (singular nominative: "capult"). I would also accept "capults". </pedant voice>...

True, we are using more per capita, but because of immigration, there are more capitas.

In addition, we still have to replace aging stuff. Add to that, even though there's a lot of pv panels, if the clouds come over people won't put up with rationing, they'll want to use the network.

People don't just look for employment opportunities. Some people come here to start businesses. We don't all have to be employees. Hard to convince people to start businesses when the running costs here are a bit steep. Electricity...business taxes, some of the most expensive in the country. That's...

Waewick wrote: and what exactlty are they going to do in their $350k house?

collect welfare?

Well, it would be good for retirees.

And also, the difference in house price would realise quite a bit of money, and probably reduce pension amounts due to the assets test. Win-win.

Eyes won't be opened this drought because we've got a shiny new desal plant(Thank god). I can't wait for it to start sticking its finger up at the naysayers. Not sure what the naysayers have been saying about the desal plant, but spending (that) money on projects that harvested water would've been ...

Years ago Pultney Grammar School built a pedestrian Bridge over South Tce . Everyday school students and the general public actually use it. It is elegant, useful, and unobtrusive so it can be done And because it wasn't built tall enough it restricts the types of vehicles that can travel down South...

guys, forget the property 'marketability' thing - at least for a few years. I'm loathe to say 'property prices' because there will always be a cross-section of the population who don't really care about the NBN or don't get it. There definitely won't be a short-term property impact. The impact will...

The economic case for increased property prices in ares with FTTP vs FTTN is this: Just wander round electronics shops for a while. You will see that there is a significant number of people willing to shell out big dollars to get the latest "toys". Many would pay thousands per year in vari...

I don't think for one moment that Turnbull is incompetent. Nor do I think that the State Government is either. The problem is that Canberra still collects the bulk of revenue, but the states have the bulk of the responsibilities. It's called "vertical fiscal imbalance". Google is your frie...

Yes, it is quite interesting. :cheers: But most likely no trams till 2036! Oh well. :wink: I'm not sure what the idea of the route to West Lakes and Grange is either. Surely there's a shorter route? Also, why not stage the Grange and West Lakes lines as a separate system going to Woodville Station, ...

its better than what i have. so its not outdated for me. Well, maybe it will be better than what you have. Maybe. On the other hand, if the copper between the node and your place is in poor condition, maybe you won't get any improvement. But have no fear, people who do get fibre optic to their home...

Interesting to read about proposed NSW driverless trains - on the same day as the international driverless cars conference in Adelaide. First look at new, driverless trains for Sydney's NW Rail Link (Snip) The carriage has fewer seats than a traditional Sydney train, but the seats it does have are ...

The Sydney system added about $600m for going wire free for roughly the length of King William Street. How much of this is grift? Let's say it costs $10 million in materials and labour to install a 3rd rail, where's the other $590 million going? My guess is that most of it is grift, with fat profit...

Because they're Victorian. Just for the record, that was a tongue-in-cheek reply That's the firstof two reasons. The second is that with the various anti corruption watchdogs in NSW, it is harder to send your mates money. So what you do is set up public private partnerships that are so big that onl...