Telstra will most certainly not control the last mile. Well, at least not Telstra in it's current form. This is why the Government is pushing for a split of Telstra into wholesale and retail.

I won't try to defend our Communications Minister, but there are some very smart technical people involved with this project. It will be a huge success for Australia.

Almost everyone who works in communications in Australia agrees this is a great idea, as I do. Some are skeptical about the dollars, but this infrastructure will be in place for many many decades and will be profitable in the long run. A cheer went up in my IT department when this was announced, literally people standing up at their desks saying how awesome this will be for Aus. You should have seen the celebrations when it was announced that Telstra would be split into wholesale and retail. :)

Now consider what the bandwidth of the NBN will be used for. TV, Telephone, Internet, Video Calls, remote diagnosis by doctors, huge benifits for schools, library's, research institutions, small/medium/large businesses and more.

The NBN will form the backbone of Australian communications for many many decades to come. The return on investment will take many years, but this is a long term project that will eventually be extremely profitable as well as hugely benificial to all Australians.

I work in the Comms industry. We have been crying out for this for years. Coupled with a split of Telstra into Wholesale and Retail, this is a brilliant project for Australia.

The US should follow our example, we have similar geographical problems and everyone who knows anything about communications agrees this is technically a great idea. Some may be skeptical about the $, but all agree it's technically a brilliant idea.

And using the term "our dear leader" shows your foolishness. Do you understand communications technology at all, or are you just repeating something someone told you?

Oops. Wrong topic. Must be a bug in the system. Couldn't possibly have been user error.

They may just get a seat.

One of our current federal senators is Seven Fielding, of the christian political party called Family First. http://www.stevefielding.com.au/

That fool got his seat with only 1.8% of the primary vote. The remainder were on preferences.

They may just get a seat.

One of our current federal senators is Seven Fielding, of the christian political party called Family First. http://www.stevefielding.com.au/

That fool got his seat with only 1.8% of the primary vote. The remainder were on preferences.

I have a Gmail address that I don't use at the moment. I checked it for the first time in 6 months just it in case I had a couple of emails from a random bank.

Oh shoot. I didn't notice your 3 digit ID before I posted my last response.

Respect.

If I wasn't so respectful I would have made a joke about age and memory and almost everyone carrying around these powerful computer thingy's in their pockets nowadays that allow them to write notes in them and save them and stuff.

Good thing I'm so respectful though.

:p

Sorry dude. Respect, seriously. :)

Kind of like how I need to log in to my work PC remotely sometimes? It's not hard to remember a few workstation numbers if you regularly connect to them.

If you rarely connect to it and it's that important, you can always use DNS.

Why is the parent post not modded +5 insightful?!?

And who modded it overrated? This is basic LAN management stuff. If you're doing it any other way, you're not doing it properly.

And Flamebait? If you don't know how to name, manage, and track workstations properly you shouldn't be doing it. No-one who has responsibility for naming workstations should need to ask Slashdot about this.

Having said that, reading below people who name workstations on department/section/any physical location, well... I'm astounded.

An organisation of any size needs to track the workstations that they've purchased/leased for replacement, support, and financial purposes. That means that every workstation should be on an asset register somewhere, with a unique number for each asset. It's easiest to track a device using a unique code instead of a serial number for example, because otherwise you need to track every serial number of any peripheral equipment used with the device. A proper asset register will be able to track what peripheral equipment (e.g. extra video card, sound card, specialised whatever) belongs with what workstation.

Whatever unique code is used in the asset register, use that as your workstation name. If you get to choose your own unique code for use in the asset register, how about this:

TYYYYMMnnnn

T = S for Server, W for workstation, C for Comms device.
YYYY = Year of purchase.
MM = Month of purchase.
nnnn = unique number for that month.

When a box moves, update the asset register.

What about buying a cheap radio for each of the Staff? Then they're all listening to their own personal radio, just all set to the same station. No public performance at all.

This is pretty stupid though.

Then came the US Government WWII "Hemp For Victory" campaign.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkroOQT-84Q

Lots of historical info in that video.

Shitdrummer.