{"id":2726,"date":"2011-03-28T17:37:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T07:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2011-03-28T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T07:37:43","slug":"nbn-legislation-passes-now-get-on-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/2011\/03\/nbn-legislation-passes-now-get-on-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"NBN Legislation Passes &#8211; Now Get On With It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a marathon session in the House of Representatives, the legislation enabling the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbnco.com.au\/\">National Broadband Network<\/a> passed into law, requiring only royal ascension from the Governor-General.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not you are a supporter of the NBN, the bottom line is that the NBN is now law, and it is now time to let Mike Quigley and his team at NBN Co to &#8220;get on with it&#8221;.  Despite what some sections of the media and the detractors might say.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many benefits for this nation, as I have discussed in many articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2011\/02\/google-australia-leading-the-world-on-fibre\/\">Google: Australia &#8220;Leading the World&#8221; on Fibre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2011\/02\/what-if-telstra-just-disappeared\/\">What If Telstra Just Disappeared?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2011\/02\/nbn-end-user-services-taking-shape\/\">NBN: End User Services Taking Shape<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2010\/12\/nbn-allows-for-expansion-of-mobile-services\/\">NBN Allows for Expansion of Mobile Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2010\/10\/12mbps-why-the-coalition-doesnt-get-it\/\">12Mbps: Why The Coalition Doesn\u2019t Get It<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2010\/10\/nbn-congestion-telecommuting-and-productivity\/\">NBN: Congestion, Telecommuting and Productivity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2010\/10\/nbn-viable-or-not\/\">NBN: Viable or Not?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2010\/09\/nbn-why-wireless-is-impractical\/\">NBN: Why Wireless is Impractical<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/2010\/08\/why-the-coalition-broadband-plan-is-a-waste\/\">Why The Coalition Broadband Plan is a Waste<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s do it.  Get on with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a marathon session in the House of Representatives, the legislation enabling the National Broadband Network passed into law, requiring only royal ascension from the Governor-General. Whether or not you are a supporter of the NBN, the bottom line is that the NBN is now law, and it is now time to let Mike Quigley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[100,368,404],"class_list":["post-2726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-auspol","tag-nbn","tag-openinternet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}