Earlier today I was invited by ABC Radio Canberra’s Afternoons program to be interviewed by Genevieve Jacobs concerning Broadband in Gungahlin. The invitation came from interest in my post on The-RiotACT.com and the content of this site. The interviews occured at 1:15pm th 30th September 2009 and finished at 1:32pm.
Genevieve also invited Allan Kerlin from the Gungahlin Community Council; David Forman from the Competitive Carrier’s Coalition; and Chris Taylor, Managing Director for Telstra Country Wide ACT.
I have to confess I was quite nervous, I did not expect to be on the radio when I got out of bed this morning.
The issue sparked numerous SMS and phone calls to the ABC radio station, many of which were commented on air after the interviews were finished.
ABC Radio have assured me they will make a transcript available which I will post on this site (if permitted).
I would like to thank the ABC for the opportunity to put my issues to such a wide audience.
Great interview Russ. You’ve articulated the issues very clearly and I thought Chris Taylor from Telstra’s response obfuscated the facts.
ISPs who purchase from Telstra and their Gungahlin clients have a reasonable expectation of being provided the service they pay for. That Telstra’s response is “get 3G wireless or wait for the NBN” is disingenuous at best.
The general issue of internet availability in Gungahlin has been around for nearly 15 years. Your campaign adds renewed vigour to the issue, and hopefully this time with enough support something can be done about it.
Thanks for your kind words. I have to admit I was very nervous before going on air.
I am going to keep this campaign going for as long as I can. I will also be looking to local and federal minister responses as an indicator of commitment to local issues.
Once the ABC send me the transcript I will reply on this site to the other speakers comments. Stay tuned.