I’m not here to preach or tell you who to vote for come election day on Saturday the 21st of August 2010, that’s not my agenda. You see my passion and belief lies with an elite broadband network that will give Australians the best possible opportunity to compete both here and abroad as we move deeper into the 21st century. So,without actually telling you who I’m voting for, I can tell you that it will be different to the last Federal Election.

My beef is with ‘politricks’ and that Australia’s future and prosperity is essentially being held for ransom purely on the outcome of the 2010 election. If you’re a Liberal voter and believe in Labor’s vision of the NBN, it’s a real pity because you’ll be locked into the Liberals alternative which is ‘more of the same’ of what we have now. Seriously, that equates to a non innovative, restrictive, disjointed and anti-competitive Telecommunication industry!

From my perspective, which consists of working within the industry for the past several or so years, I’ve been able to closely monitor key aspects of Australian Telecommunication eventuation (or lack thereof), and without purposely meaning to sound pro-labor, I can tell you that Labor’s proposal for a National Broadband Network is by far second to none.

Frankly, now that both major parties have revealed their policies on broadband, it’s been made extremely evident (especially to non bias Telco Industry professionals) that there’s a huge overwhelming divide between the two policies. Fundamentally, one is saying there’s nothing wrong with what we have now and the industry will remain in the hands of the private sector and take care of itself. The other is saying, we know there’s issues, however here is an alternative that will rectify the issues and provide the majority of Australians with a State-of-the-Art Broadband Network that will drive us forward to maximise future opportunities and prosperity.

So here’s the deal if your voting preference primarily revolves around Telecommunications - Vote for the Lib’sand get more of what we had pre 2007 on a ‘nothing ventured nothing gained’ scenario. Vote for Labor and get an elite broadband network that will pave the way forward with new and innovative opportunities…. Hang on, there’s another choice if you want the NBN but are unhappy with the Labor party… Vote Green with a Labor preference - This will be considered as a ‘protest vote’ for Labor which essentially says there’s something wrong with LABOR (and LIBERAL), however the prefernce will still count toward a vote for the NBN.

I know it might be difficult for many of you to see beyond your current broadband uses and to possibly imagine the future benefits of a Labor built NBN… However I dare you to try and imagine a society if we were still reliant on older technologies such as operator connected phones, non-electric typewriters and tools etc…, What would our country be like if that was the case? Possibly a little exaggerated huh, but the current Liberals policy on Broadband really lacks any type of vision for the future which, and as I’ve already stated, it means more of the same.

Vote 1 for the NBN!