2006-05-23
Internet speeds in australia
In a example of [self-interest](http://www.theage.com.au/news/wireless--broadband/pbl-boss-calls-for-net-to-be-fixed/2006/05/22/1148150189885.html),
James Packer, the head of a major media empire (PBL) in Australia is calling for the government to spend the taxpayers money (and other large media companies) to create bigger pipes so to allow his company to put it's streaming content over it.
While I do agree that the broadband speeds here are slow, and the download caps are annoying, I'm not sure why it is the government's responsibility to fix it.
Maybe PBL should seed the broadband rollout, similar to how google is partnering with earthlink to enable free-wifi in San Francisco.
By investing in some network infrastructure between the major cities it will cause the backbone data-rates to decrease, allowing ISPs to remove/raise the download caps and make it cheaper for people to go online (and then watch his media)