Broadband End Game cancelled
“We just haven’t been able to compete with the publicly subsidised ‘
"Fat pipes, fibre and connected homes with innovators in bedrooms
do not suit the political or corporate shareholders' agenda at this time when so
many believe that a basic 512kbps or 1Mbps service is going to meet the future
needs of our economy," said Annison. "This country and some others in
the EU with incumbent 'copper' telcos risk playing broadband second fiddle for
years to come. We are ignoring the economic threats in the new industrial
revolution that is the knowledge economy.”
ABC thanks all of its supporters for the enthusiastic response to the
Ebay sale of Peter Cochrane, and to the speakers. It is the intention to make much
of the content proposed for the conference available online over the coming
months. We hope that the available
internet connections will allow participants to enjoy the online material and
that the quality or performance is not impaired by the lack of bandwidth
prevalent in the