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Reply #165 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:39am

Please delete wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:31am:

"if this is what you want"

Where is the logic of setting rules which 99% of people break? If your child was saved becasue someones' car was SPEED LIMITED to 40 in a school zone, wouldn't you be happy?

If that truck was prevented from zooming past you at 130 in the right hand lane, wouldn't that be safer?

And I don't worry that "big brother" will know where I am at all times - doesn't bother me.

that kind of comment begs the question... DO YOU DRIVE?

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Please delete Gold Member Offline Please delete this smacking PROFILE Posts: 2936	Re: So what are you going to do with faster internet? Reply #166 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:41am I would be genuinely pleased that kids couldn't do 200km with 4 mates in the car, that trucks would be controlled - REALLY controlled - and that children would be safer. Why does my position so offend you? Because it limits our freedoms?? That contest was lost decades ago.
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Reply #167 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:41am

no you are the one that is very wrong .. I had signed with Optus for a trial 100Mbps plan this is what optus are doing to directly compete with NBN in the areas they have cable now .. this did not exist before for users ... and all the Telco's know the NBN will eventually be in their areas it is Australia wide not just Tasmania

As i am a Telstra customer i mentioned this to them they said we have upgraded our plans recently never told anyone they doubled the quotas from 25gb to 50gb and the speed would be increased and prices dropped by $20 on same plan .. i am not naive to think otherwise they want to keep their customers as they will all be rolled over to NBN if i went optus i would be on 100 now ..

here it the email from the 9/9/2010 about recent speed change ..
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Thanks to some recent network upgrades, you could now get even more speed out of your BigPond Elite Cable Broadband plan. The network can now provide speeds up to a maximum of 30 Mbps* almost double the old 17Mbps maximum.

Getting the speed upgrade is easy. Simply switch off your modem, wait a minute or so, then switch it on again. When it reboots it will automatically access the faster network speeds.

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Reply #168 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:43am

Please delete wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:41am:

I would be genuinely pleased that kids couldn't do 200km with 4 mates in the car, that trucks would be controlled - REALLY controlled - and that children would be safer.

Why does my position so offend you? Because it limits our freedoms??

That contest was lost decades ago.

and what about the person doing 61 in a 60 zone? or even - shock horror - 42 in a 40 zone? do you want to fine all of those?

and the 'contest' was not lost decades ago. but attitudes like yours enure that it eventually WILL be.

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Reply #169 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:48am

Binary Ninja wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:41am:

no you are the one that is very wrong .. I had signed with Optus for a trial 100Mbps plan this is what optus are doing to directly compete with NBN in the areas they have cable now .. this did not exist before for users ... and all the Telco's know the NBN will eventually be in their areas it is Australia wide not just Tasmania

As i am a Telstra customer i mentioned this to them they said we have upgraded our plans recently never told anyone they doubled the quotas from 25gb to 50gb and the speed would be increased and prices dropped by $20 on same plan .. i am not naive to think otherwise they want to keep their customers as they will all be rolled over to NBN if i went optus i would be on 100 now ..

here it the email from the 9/9/2010 about recent speed change ..
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Thanks to some recent network upgrades, you could now get even more speed out of your BigPond Elite Cable Broadband plan. The network can now provide speeds up to a maximum of 30 Mbps* almost double the old 17Mbps maximum.

Getting the speed upgrade is easy. Simply switch off your modem, wait a minute or so, then switch it on again. When it reboots it will automatically access the faster network speeds.

your middle name must be 'naive'. Listening to you, one would think there has never before been an upgrade to networks or speeds or limits before the NBN came to town - even though it hasnt yet come to anyones town at all. You sound like you are a teenager with techo skills and little real-world experience to draw from. so a heads up for you: the internet has grown and continues to grow and expand WITHOUT the NBN's influence.

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Reply #171 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:53am

Please delete wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:48am:

You're SO macho mr weekend. A true free spirit of a bygone age.

How can someone do 61 in a 60 zone, if the car is speed limited?

oh of course... SPEED LIMITING FOR EVERYONE.

and you actually endorse this idea? It is hard to imagine how anyone can be so daft and so 1984 about it. You didnt give up the battle for personal freedom. You are the type of people we fight AGAINST.

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Reply #172 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:56am

Yes I endorse this idea.

The laws are there, it is not a "freedom" to break a law - it's a crime. I haven't been fined for ANYTHING on the roads for 25 years or so. I hate giving the government money.

You do what you like. Speed, crash, kill a pedestrian, get tried for manslaughter - you can even DUI if you like.

I choose not to.

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Reply #173 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:02am

Please delete wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:56am:

Yes I endorse this idea.

The laws are there, it is not a "freedom" to break a law - it's a crime. I haven't been fined for ANYTHING on the roads for 25 years or so. I hate giving the government money.

You do what you like. Speed, crash, kill a pedestrian, get tried for manslaughter - you can even DUI if you like.

I choose not to.

I gotta ask... how old are you? the attitude says 70+ perhaps 80+

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Please delete Gold Member Offline Please delete this smacking PROFILE Posts: 2936	Re: So what are you going to do with faster internet? Reply #174 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:05am I'm roughly the same age as you, mr rugged individualist. I can imagine people in the old days arguing against drink driving laws, in the same way you seem to argue that you have a "right" to speed. You go for it.
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Reply #175 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:11am

Please delete wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:05am:

I'm roughly the same age as you, mr rugged individualist.

I can imagine people in the old days arguing against drink driving laws, in the same way you seem to argue that you have a "right" to speed.

You go for it.

nothing like those old 'extremist' points of view is there? the 'right to speed' is not exactly the same as sometimes exceeding the speed limt by a small amount. and overtaking someone on the highway usually requires you to exceed the speed limit for a short period.

wow, i never thought Id ever see an actual living advocate for govt control over our likes like in 1984.

May the future you long for never happen and you have to suffer through cars and trucks overtaking you because you are driving so slow.

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Please delete Gold Member Offline Please delete this smacking PROFILE Posts: 2936	Re: So what are you going to do with faster internet? Reply #176 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:15am And I never thought I would see a conservative christian standing in the way of a proposal to reduce young people being killed on the roads doing ridiculous speeds, and families being wiped out by trucks. Or schoolchildren being run over in school zones.
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Please delete Gold Member Offline Please delete this smacking PROFILE Posts: 2936	Re: So what are you going to do with faster internet? Reply #177 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:16am "Extremist points of view" - does that include saying "61km in a 60 zone" which no reasonable person would advocate?
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Reply #178 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:22am

Please delete wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:15am:

And I never thought I would see a conservative christian standing in the way of a proposal to reduce young people being killed on the roads doing ridiculous speeds, and families being wiped out by trucks.

Or schoolchildren being run over in school zones.

Interesting road facts for you: a majority of fatal accidents occur UNDER the speedlimit. 30% of fatalities occur becaue no seatbelt was worn. 30%+ is as a direct result of drugs and/or alcohol. speed is not the major factor in the big majority of accidents.

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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: So what are you going to do with faster internet? Reply #179 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:27am Please delete wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 10:16am: "Extremist points of view" - does that include saying "61km in a 60 zone" which no reasonable person would advocate? i think i will let the rest of the posters comment on whether '61 in a 60 zone' is the heinous crime you seem to think it is.
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