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Old 26-04-2007, 10:05 PM
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Telstra invests $1.5Billion in new network
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...4/s1906982.htm

So... what's the deal with this? What are the technical details? Is this just a cheap PR grab by Trujillo?
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Old 26-04-2007, 10:28 PM
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I'm not sure that I understand how this could reduce carbon emissions?
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"has the capacity to connect three billion telephone calls in a second." WOW! Gasp! That's worth 1.5 billion right there

"Mr Thodey says the network will have a speed of 92 tetrabytes per second." WHOA that's a lot of porn there guys!

PR stunt. They're investing 1.5bil to keep their business alive, not to make Australia's telecommunications infrastructure more modern - I still can't get the internet connection I want
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I'm not sure that I understand how this could reduce carbon emissions?
"Companies able to make massive savings by abandoning interstate flights for meetings, in favour of real-time video conferencing."

I think they're pointing out that emissions will be reduced as business people won't have to fly interstate to conduct meetings...
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Old 26-04-2007, 10:57 PM
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OK PR people, use those communications degrees and come up with a way we can hitch our coat-tails to the latest fad all the kiddies are talkin' about.

Yeah sure, business people will stop using flights! Just like the paperless office was such a boon for those trees.
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"Companies able to make massive savings by abandoning interstate flights for meetings, in favour of real-time video conferencing."

I think they're pointing out that emissions will be reduced as business people won't have to fly interstate to conduct meetings...
That's what my first impressions were. I can see Qantas shares on the rise...
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Is this anything new? Or to quote David Letterman, "is this anything?!"

The article is mighty scarce on tech details, but I would've thought that any serious upgrade to Australia's comms infrastructure was going to cost a lot more then 1.5Billion.....
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... I would've thought that any serious upgrade to Australia's comms infrastructure was going to cost a lot more then 1.5Billion.....
Probably just the estimated cost of the Telstra advertising campaign to try to convince us we're being looked after.
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