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  From: Brian Astill <brian.astill@flinders.edu.au>
  To  : linuxsa <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:41:17 +1030

Re: Broadband options in SA (was Re: ADSL talk suggestion)

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, David Newall wrote:
> > I would rather see SA get broadband down every street than tuck away a
> > few more power cables, and the former is a lot more feasible.
> 
> Standard politican's trick: imply that one thing is contingent upon
> something else.  I point out that putting new services underground is in no
> way reliant on putting existing above-ground services underground.  They
> simply are not related.  I'll also point out that the cost of putting a new
> service underground is much, much cheaper than the cost of putting the same
> service above-ground and then later moving it.

Additionally, if (whoever) wants to put their service underground, and there
are above-ground services nearby, advantage of the situation can be taken to
put ALL those services underground.

-- 
Regards,
Brian

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Dr Brian Astill  Visiting Research Fellow
Flinders University Institute of International Education
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