Govt postpones CDMA network closure : "Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says at present he is not in a position to declare the newer network is equivalent to the existing CDMA network."
Yes, at some stage we have to put the fullstop and start the new sentence, but until the CDMA network can be legitimately and effectively replaced in rural Australia then this is a good move. It gives Telstra time to keep the negotiating and trials going because there appears to be some success. Rural Australia is a challenge because some of it is soooooo isolated. It always has been a challenge but it's 2008 and it's about time we licked this problem and moved on to the bright telecommunications future. We cannot be Australia nad have the rural population disconnected or on impoverished services. It is hardly the way to go and telecommunications ought to be about levelling the playing field and optimising connections no matter where you are. We just need to bridge that gap properly instead of band aiding it or pretending it'll go away.
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