"She's a vindictive nutjob and a liar who has relentlessly pursued personal vendettas through official office"

While shes no angel, pretty inexperienced, and has a belief system that probably doesnt well sit with most of the readers here, that seems rather strong comment based on one newspaper article. If you want to see how the media can twist even Palins remarks see http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/13/abc-news-edited-out-key-parts-sarah-palin-interview

"Stephen Moratti, I whole heartedly agree. As I see it the problem is similar to good roads. All they do is facilitate access to drinking dens and other places of vice. We should stop building and maintaining them."

You seem to misunderstand my point. I am all for the internet (I am probably one of its most devoted users). However, I would not advocate building a superhighway to my local pub when a footpath would do just as well.

This country (world) will soon face a crunch in energy/food/water etc. I think 2-3 B investment in say energy and mass transport infrastructure is more important than fibre to everyones home. You may of course disagree.

Great!! 1 billion so I can download more porn and illegal movies faster.

Am I the only one who thinks the money could be better spent on say schools, transport, hospitals, research etc.

The only thing a faster home link for 99% of people will do is allow movies on demand/TV. We dont need a billion to allow more people to watch the goggle box