BroadbandWell, no surprises hereI spoke earlier this week about how Australians will be forced  to connect to this $94 billion NBN if they want to keep a landlineWhy? Because the NBN is replacing the Telstra copperwire phone network which will begin to be phased out in 2014In future if you want a telephone landline you will have to connect to the NBNNBN Co, the outfit rolling out the NBN, smugly believes this strategy has guaranteed it a massive return well into the futureBut has it?Telephone and computer technology is increasingly wirelessAnd Australians are increasingly disconnecting from landlines and relying on mobile phones onlyWhat’s more, a number of internet service providers, fed up with the arrogance and bureaucratic stupidity of NBN Co, also say they are considering ditching existing plans to “migrate” their networks across to the NBN“NBN Co’s attitude is very dictatorial, it’s very public service and it’s very take it or leave it” Steve Dalby from internet service provider iiNet said yesterday“It’s just surprising they have this attitude when you can actually leave it“If they don’t get their shit together we will just happily go about our business and do our own thing”Message to NBN Co – you could be about to lose a whole lot of customers you thought you had in the bagWhere will that leave Australian taxpayers?All, of course, on Kevin Rudd’s watch

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