In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning: Broadband billions left hanging as wireless bites back Ari Sharp January 13, 2010 SMH http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/broadband-billions-left-hanging-as-wireless-bites-back-20100112-m4u7.html Which stated that wireless 3G services were a runaway success? Consequently the opposition seized this opportunity to snipe at Senator Conroy about the financial viability of the [...]
There is movement underfoot in the UK to halt the Governments proposed ‘three strikes and your out’, legislation. A few months ago I blogged about the file sharers increasingly successful disappearance act. The Copyright Industry is Removing the Barriers Against Terrorism. In a story entitled MI5 comes out against cutting off internet pirates [...]
The fastest growing and most successful Companies in the World are the proof against an increased attention by anyone to the importance of Copyright and Trademark. For sometime I have been lobbying hard against Australia’s involvement in ACTA. Lobbying Koltai? Is that what you call it? Well yes. I don’t have access in [...]
Every time Governments legislate against or big business prosecutes against file sharing, internet users find a new way to circumvent and continue their activities. As there are more Internet Geeks than enforcement officials, this is hardly surprising. Sometime ago I predicted to Chris that if the “powers that be” continued raining down hellfire [...]
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } If you’re not a Politician, please move along….. You probably already know this stuff. Let’s start with a little history. In 1982, Floppy disks were eight inches wide and held 180 kb of data. If you were lucky, you had a machine with two floppy disk drives and could install your [...]
Its winter in Australia. Supposedly the coldest time of the year. Yet my Serrissa Foetida’s (tree of a thousand stars) are all in full bloom. Can’t be much of a winter if my Bonsai are all convinced that it’s already spring. So if it’s still winter, and it’s already this warm, will there be a [...]
Economists advise the Government. In fact, working for the Government is a lot more interesting for an economist than working for a bank, the numbers are just so much bigger – and economists like big numbers. The bigger the numbers, the more accurate the statistics are and therefore, the more spectacular are the results. [...]
A section of my Introduction to the Responses to Digital Economy Future Directions Consultation Paper By Thomas P. Koltai, on Behalf of Perceptric Pty. Ltd. Submitted 10th of February – Before the Governments National FTTH rollout announcement and before the ACCC ruling against Telstra on last mile local loop. – A section of my [...]
I spent the last two days at a workshop at the University of Wollongong discussing Broadband In The Bush… Met some fascinating academics from Sweden, Canada, Australia, Korea and China. Saw some interesting presentations… One of the most surprising was about an Indian company called United Villages. This is Internet at its most basic run [...]
Yesterday marked the 1st anniversary of Robyn and I moving from Paddington in Sydney to Berry on the South Coast of NSW. It has been great to get away from the city, particularly at a time when our state government seem so intent on utterly screwing the place up. I think that they have the [...]