Mastodawn

gotta love this email from my isp

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Hamish M (VK3FSB)3d ago

Every time I transmit on 30 metres my Internet (VDSL) drops out, which is fun. #amateurradio #nbn

skua 6d ago

Wasn't I was told that bank branches closing was OK because I could use the local Post Office agency?

#Australia #AnthonyAlbanese #AusPol #DependencyOnTheNBN #NBN #MonetarySecurity https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/perth-mornings/post-offices-closing/106632292

Local post offices closing under 'parcel first' strategy - ABC listen

The association representing local post office operators says Australia Post's focus on its parcel business has left them with fewer products and services to sell.

ABC listen

bencourtice Apr 30

fucking repeated onternet outages. NBN claim there are no outages. Rebooting the router seems to do nothing. mysteriously comes back on after a while. Partner thinks its happening everywhere based on anecdotes. Anyone else here have anecdotes to add?
#NBN #NBNoutage

The Bad Place Apr 21

English – The Conversation | Politics with Michelle Grattan: former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

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In the lead‑up to next month’s federal budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers must juggle global uncertainty, a fuel crisis and cost‑of‑living relief while weighing reforms to negative gearing, capital‑gains tax, a gas export tax and the NDIS. Former industry minister Ed Husic argues that Australia is “selling the country short” by earning almost nothing from about $170 billion of LNG exports over four years and insists Labor should “stare down” gas‑company pressure and pursue a fairer royalty or Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. He welcomes the Senate inquiry into gas taxation and warns the Albanese government not to be intimidated by multinational threats to relocate investment. On artificial intelligence, Husic calls for a comprehensive national AI Act and a dedicated regulator to set guardrails now rather than adopt a lax, reactive approach. He also urges stronger action against Islamophobia and antisemitism, recommending the Bondi royal commission broaden its remit and the government implement anti‑vilification laws and respond to the Human Rights Commission’s anti‑racism framework.

#EdHusic #Albanesegovernment #NBN #HumanRights #LNG #JimChalmers

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax

The former cabinet minister said Australians have been ‘sold short’ by not taxing gas exports enough.

The Conversation

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sortius

Apr 19

@Gh0stlyM0use honestly, don't blame the concept of the NBN, blame Malcolm Turnbull.

I spent a good few years writing on comms tech and the like before the 2013 election, and it was clear, even then, that the FTTC/FTTdp arrangement was going to be a failure.

Even now, we're about 5-10 years behind the Lib's own plan, purely because of the disruption in 2013.

We should be rocking full NG-PON/XG-PON by now

#auspol #NBN

Greg Hills Apr 18

Something stifling private enterprise something if only a later government had the numbers to fix the legislation. Oh wait

This is a shamefully slanted hit piece, #ABC. It elides the culpability of intervening governments who nobbled the #NBN rollout because they could do it "cheaper" and who would have screamed at regulating private operators to NBN reqs.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-18/nbn-access-not-guaranteed-opticomm-private-service-subpar/106547106

It looks largely recycled from this older, more balanced piece:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/opticomm-customers-internet-outages-compensation-challenges/106421704

#AusPol

Digital divide grows for thousands of Australians missing out on NBN

Despite popular belief, not all Australians are guaranteed access to the NBN — and as many consumers have discovered, alternative networks do not always provide quality service.

Droppie [AU] 🐨♀🌈🐧🦘Apr 18

oh now wait on, i'm struggling a bit here

you mean to say that, without anyone ever having any precedent at all to draw upon beforehand, the advent of private for-profit "service" providers has resulted in abysmal customer experience? how can that be? 😲 🤯

abc.net.au/news/2026-04-18/nbn…

maybe tis just one bad apple, innit, coz... no i can't even bear to contemplate any possibility that neoliberal economics & societal dependency on capitalist benevolence could under any circumstances be anything other than superb 🙊🙈🙉

shirley?

#nbn #Opticomm #auspol #fuckcapitalism

Digital divide grows for thousands of Australians missing out on NBN

Despite popular belief, not all Australians are guaranteed access to the NBN — and as many consumers have discovered, alternative networks do not always provide quality service.

Kerr Avonsen (she/her)Apr 8

Currently feeling smug because there is an unexpected power outage in my street, and I have full power due to my solar & battery setup.
The internet is out, though. crappy #NBN so I am typing this from my phone.

#SolarElectricity #solar #Batteries