On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 23:12, Michael Hallager wrote:
I totally agree. Thanks Tony.
I say this becasue today we spend billions on stuffing Telecom NZ's and TelstraClear's pockets.....and the profit alone on that service would build a kick-ass national network that would meet the infrastructural aims and goals I have in mind.
How on earth would you know what it cost's to build a national network ? Let alone a "kick ass" one. Don't confuse putting up a few wireless nodes or stringing up some fibres on power poles with building a "national network". To do that you need billion dollar investments in equipment and info-structure. You go try and price up digging a trench (and getting approval for it!) from Auckland to Wellington, then come back and tell us how cheap you think your "kick ass" network will be.
What's the annual spend by all government ministries and agencies on
network services?
Let's start with that number.
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Steve Withers