A little history Earlier this year we finally got NBN at our house. When we moved in about 3 years ago, it was supposed to be commissioned (or RFS, ready for service in NBN parlance) in about 6 months. Then it kept moving out and out and out and out. You get the idea. Needless to say this ended up with finding the Telstra Wholesale RFS list (now defunct) and a friend of mine building a site to track the changes. At one point my suburb was at the top for number of movements of the RFS date. I even wrote to my local MP and to the local newspaper. Read more

I have been putting a lot of thought recently into how the Australian and NSW government are pouring money into road infrastructure in Sydney. I think they are about 20 years too late, and believe they should stop throwing that money away and change directions. We are living in a world where telecommuting is a reality. I am fortunate enough to work for a great company where I can do that. I am also (un)fortunate to be in a role that sometimes requires me to head into the office for meetings with customers, and for important meetings, thus at the moment I do live close enough to work to facilitate this. Read more