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Abbott dumps NBN from budget reply

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Shadbolt)
Thu May 13 20:10:04 2010

Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 10:09:49 +1000
From: Matt Shadbolt <matt.shadbolt@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org

Did anyone hear about this?

Describing the National Broadband Network as a $43 billion "white elephant",
> he confirmed the Coalition would not go ahead with the program Prime Minster
> Kevin Rudd argues will deliver faster internet speeds across the country.
>

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/budget/tony-abbott-would-slash-public-service-budget-reply/story-e6frgd66-1225866272354

So, vote for an internet filter or vote for no NBN?

Matt.

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