SyulangThe C'wth sloshes billions into #Telstra and #Optus coffers to rollout #5G infrastructure which is wholly inadequate and poorly suited for regional and remote conditions, while even basic phone service is unreliable, patchy or just downright unavailable many people. We need appropriate, rugged, reliable and resilient communications infrastructure, not gimmicks and techwank.
Meanwhile #NBN contemplates retiring #SkyMuster and handing regional and remote users cash and our data over to #JeffBezos and #Amazon through #ProjectKuiper
Rethinking 5G: why faster isn’t always better, especially in regional Australia - Paul Budde Consultancy
Back in 2019, I wrote about what I called “Peak Telecom”—the moment where the traditional telecoms industry hit a ceiling in growth and relevance. The internet had commoditised bandwidth, and telecoms were left managing an expensive infrastructure business, while others—Google, Amazon, Meta—captured the digital value. Five years later, new evidence shows how deeply this shift […]
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