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Thanks for the NBN Kev
May 8^th, 2020 at 7:29am

This seems to have escaped people's attention, but I think it is time we expressed our gratitude to Kevin Rudd for having the Nostradamus-like foresight to see the need for the NBN, and the iron will to make it happen, even at the expense of his political career.

Kev predicted the coronavirus over a decade ago:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41577003

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In 2007, Mr Rudd announced 98% of Australian homes would be on the NBN by 2020. It was a breathtakingly ambitious idea.

Thanks to meddling by the coalition and downgrading the infrastructure, it didn't quite fulfill the need that Kev foresaw:

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In 2013, Australia ranked 30th for average internet speeds. The NBN was meant to improve that, but the most recent standings ranked Australia 50th.

The State of the Internet survey by US internet firm Akamai put Australia - with an average of 11.1 Mbps (megabits per second) - behind countries including Kenya, Hungary and Russia. And while it promotes itself as part of go-ahead Asia, Australia sits only eighth in the region, behind neighbours such as Thailand (21st overall) and New Zealand (27th).

The economic impact of the virus would have been much worse without the NBN making it so easy for many of us to work from home. Even worse, many more people would have been forced to go into the office, spreading the virus, killing people, and forcing businesses into genuine lockdown. 7 years after being booted from office, Kev is still saving lives.

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 35391 Gender:	Re: Thanks for the NBN Kev Reply #1 - May 8^th, 2020 at 7:32am While we're handing out awards, one surely has to go to Rupert for fighting so very hard for Foxtel, deploying his agents in the Liberal party. After all, that's how we got here.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48974 At my desk.	Re: Thanks for the NBN Kev Reply #2 - May 8^th, 2020 at 7:33am I don't have foxtel.
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Re: Thanks for the NBN Kev
Reply #3 - May 8^th, 2020 at 8:04am

Yeah - but unlike Asia for the Asiatics, and even Hungary and a Russkiye defined by large cities and rural peasantry - Australia is a big First World nation - lines of communication are spread over vast areas and thus it becomes a near impossibility to install FTTH in every home..

Wow - Kevin Rudd The Iron Chancellor now... who'd 've thunk it?

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Re: Thanks for the NBN Kev
Reply #4 - May 8^th, 2020 at 8:51am

freediver wrote on May 8^th, 2020 at 7:29am:

The economic impact of the virus would have been much worse without the NBN making it so easy for many of us to work from home. Even worse, many more people would have been forced to go into the office, spreading the virus, killing people, and forcing businesses into genuine lockdown. 7 years after being booted from office, Kev is still saving lives.

I thought that was Wi Fi?....

is Kev responsible for that as well...

anyway high 5 for Kev if you think so fd..

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74454 Gender:	Re: Thanks for the NBN Kev Reply #5 - May 8^th, 2020 at 8:59am the libs should be jailed for ruining the nbn
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 48049 Gender:	Re: Thanks for the NBN Kev Reply #6 - May 8^th, 2020 at 4:52pm I knew (lived with) a former Anti-Apartheid South African former dissident that fled to Australia. He 'predicted' back in 03' that Rudd would be the next Prime Minister and such it was with Kevin 07'. Rudd was just a back-bencher in 03'.
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Karnal Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95651 Gender:	Re: Thanks for the NBN Kev Reply #7 - May 8^th, 2020 at 8:50pm Oh yes, NBN, very nice. But what about Mr Abbott? He was our Roads and Infrastructure Prime Minister. Look at all the marvellous things he did. And really, FD. Why is Matty's PM still dressed as Hitler? How juvenile. Still.
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