blog Hilarious comments over at Computerworld (click here for the full article) from Jennifer Wilson, a director at content and applications developer The Project Factory. According to Wilson, while it’s nice to talk about e-health and education outcomes from the Federal Government’s flagship National Broadband Network project, ultimately it’s all about the porn:

“The single most important factor is the porn factor because pornography has always been at the cutting edge of technology,” Wilson said. “If we cannot get porn on the NBN than we will have trouble getting consumer acceptance and uptake.”

Sounds like this is the next important line of debate about the NBN. Maybe it’s time to get the Australian Sex Party in on the national broadband discussion?

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1. Michael Wyres
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:02 am | Permalink | Reply

   *facepalm*

2. alain
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:07 am | Permalink | Reply

   Well you got the palm bit right.

   :)

   • Renai LeMay
     Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:08 am | Permalink | Reply

     boom boom tish :)

   • Michael Wyres
     Posted 04/07/2011 at 1:05 pm | Permalink | Reply

     I guess. You seem to know all about it… :)

3. Nightkhaos
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:14 am | Permalink | Reply

   Bahaha

4. Terence
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:28 am | Permalink | Reply

   Don’t tell the Australian Christian Lobby, or we’ll be back in the dark ages of dial up. *shudders*

5. Umm
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:34 am | Permalink | Reply

   > “If we cannot get porn on the NBN than we will have trouble getting consumer acceptance and uptake.”

   If we cannot get basic grammar correct… THEN we will have trouble.

6. toshP300
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:42 am | Permalink | Reply

   *Jennifer Wilson is one of the vital cogs in the machine that is The Project Factory. With more than 20 years experience in interactive media, her previous posts include MD of HWW, Head of Innovation for ninemsn and principle of boutique consultancy, Lean Forward. Jen brings a zeal for device-independent relationships with consumers, storytelling across multiple platforms and a passion for all things mobile. Jen chairs the Mobile Industry Group for AIMIA and is on the Council of the Screen Producers Association of Australia.*

   yea, and she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.

   but to be frank, even internet porn won’t save the NBN.

7. PointZeroOne
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:50 am | Permalink | Reply

   NBN to deliver gigafaps per second

   • Renai LeMay
     Posted 04/07/2011 at 11:59 am | Permalink | Reply

     lol

8. Merlin
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 2:54 pm | Permalink | Reply

   Funny or not, it has a lot of truth to it. Regardless of the other touted factors, the NBN’s take-up percentage will rely on high-speed delivery of consumable content such as IPTV and,yes, porn. Video delivery is going to be huge. Multiple 1080p 3D (120 fps) streams to multiple TV sets in the household? That will require tremendous bandwidth.

   The “cost” is irrelevant since it’s paid through subscription revenue. The key is maximizing take-up rates. Something like 62% of Australians have internet access, right? And NBNCo’s business case is based off of 20% take-up rates, despite it owning all the lines. That’s a laughable underestimation of their future revenue. There’s no doubt the network will pay itself off much sooner than anticipated.

   • alain
     Posted 04/07/2011 at 3:26 pm | Permalink | Reply

     “And NBNCo’s business case is based off of 20% take-up rates, despite it owning all the lines.”

     It’s actually 70%, try again and rethink your whole ‘laughable underestimation’ conclusion.

     • RS
       Posted 04/07/2011 at 3:41 pm | Permalink | Reply

       @alain (advocate) Speaking of take-up rates of the NBN and it’s viability, as we are… you haven’t addressed this…

       You suggested I was lying and inventing BS, so… feel free to reply (even though you said you never would….AGAIN, what’s that 3 or 4 times you’ve said that now…LOL)…

       @alain/advocate…

       Here is your “complete comment IN CONTEXT” from ZDNet Nov 15 2010.

       1. “This historical fact is that Pay TV uptake was low so it did not pay for the HFC rollout, hmm will history repeat on the NBN because end users don’t really need FTTH products?



       YOU BETCHA THE NBN WILL BE A SUCCESS because all the fixed line competitors are eliminated by its owner the Australian Government – simple process of how a monopoly works” {END}

       Now here’s another “complete comment IN CONTEXT” from ZDNet Nov 22 2010 -

       2. We also don’t know if it’s going to be $11 billion for Telstra or not and what the figure for Optus will be, as we have no idea of the final contacted figures predictions are navel gazing.



       THE NBN WILL NEVER PAY ITSELF OFF, THE TASMANIAN PILOT WON’T EVEN PAY ITSELF OFF, not many wanting it doesn’t help that one – oh dear!, we had better move choices of fixed line BB away from the punters, that should fix it – but please don’t mention wireless {END}

       URL’s…
       1. http://www.zdnet.com.au/why-copper-and-hfc-cant-save-us-339307097.htm
       2. http://www.zdnet.com.au/nbn-broadband-prices-will-drop-quigley-339307423.htm

       Again I say, that you contradict yourself to suit the argument at the time…and here is the proof, in context..! You say it will be a success in one thread and claim it will never pay itself off in another!
       There are plenty more contradictions relating to HFC too…

       Perhaps it would be easiest if you just claimed you aren’t actually advocate after all…sigh!

       Well…

       I look forward to either more stunned silence or a ridiculous Houdini attempt beyond compare… LOL…

       Please entertain us…!

     • toshP300
       Posted 04/07/2011 at 5:38 pm | Permalink | Reply

       ignore him, alain

       that’s just another paid Labor troll from WP:

       http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/user/13372

       he keeps repeating patently-false rubbish like “NBN business case is based on 20% take-up” across different threads. total moron.

       here’s another gem:

       “”The “cost” is irrelevant since it’s paid through subscription revenue.”

       lol… the exorbitant cost of using the NBN is apparently “irrelevant” because the fees and charges are debited from our bank accounts by RSPs as opposed to NBNco.

       go figure that one out. dumb just got dumber.

9. RS
   Posted 04/07/2011 at 5:47 pm | Permalink | Reply

   Yes ignore me alain…

   Ignore me clearly showing your true colours of lies and contradictions… that’s the spirit nothing like conviction…!

   But… I’m now Viditor and previously Tailgator… wanna try again…?

   Regardless, both are more highly credentialed than you, low aura Tosh…so, LOL!

   Oh my we are getting desperate, Lib puppet!

   Dumb may have got dumber, then you entered the debate and there is now now contest for DUMBEST…!

10. RS
    Posted 04/07/2011 at 7:43 pm | Permalink | Reply

    I see, after a re-read you weren’t actually referring to me Tosh, my faux pas…!

    Oh well, I aptly cut in and hit the nail anyway…

11. passerby
    Posted 05/07/2011 at 11:46 am | Permalink | Reply

    “Look ma, that bad antenna is showing me bad pictures!” LOL