Singapore opens bidding for national broadband network

bealtine

We get a pathetic 10 million for National Broadband...meanwhile in a real country
(not so enthralled with toilet paper economics):

Singapore opens bidding for national broadband network
Published: Wednesday 12 December 2007 | 09:53 AM CET


Singapore regulator IDA has opened the bidding for a contract worth up to SGD 750 million to build the country's next-generation broadband network. Proposals for the new network need to provide broadband access for homes, businesses and institutions, with nationwide roll-out completed by 2015. The contract is for design, construction and operation of the passive network infrastructure, with the government providing up to SGD 750 million in financing. The request for proposals will close on 25 March 2008 and an announcement on the winner is expected in the third quarter of 2008. Bidders will be evaluated on four criteria: attractiveness of business plan, quality of network infrastructure, level of government grant and financial propositions and strength of the bidder. A separate tender will open in Q2 2008 to select an operating company to manage traffic flows on the network and provide wholesale access to retail service providers. Singapore's dominant operator Singtel issued a statement saying it will assess the proposals and consider ways to participate in the new network.

qwertplaywert

We'll be lucky if that 10 million is given to the company doing the scheme before 2015!

ednwireland

bealtine wrote: »

We get a pathetic 10 million for National Broadband...meanwhile in a real country

one with a dictator dont forget

bealtine

ednwireland wrote: »

one with a dictator dont forget

Really? since when has a democracy been a dictatorship?


From wikipedia, that paragon of truth.

"It has been consistently rated by Transparency International as one of the most politically transparent and least corrupt governments in the world"

It is nice to see a government that works solely for the benefit of the people of that state.

ednwireland

i'm not saying its wrong - people seem to be happy with it
still a benevolent dictatorship one political party?
anyway its a small high density place with loads of money so cant see why they wouldnt throw money at BB. did it with the metro system air conditioned metro, integrated ticketing nice place wouldnt want to live there though
also not nice seeing bangladeshis who do all the building work living in containers with no a/c

http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/classic/news_display.php?id=797
http://singabloodypore.rsfblog.org/archive/2007/03/19/singapore-semidemocracy-or-semi-dictatorship.html

not all perfect you see

weisses

Thank god you have Bertie :-)

watty

bealtine wrote: »

Really? since when has a democracy been a dictatorship?


From wikipedia, that paragon of truth.

"It has been consistently rated by Transparency International as one of the most politically transparent and least corrupt governments in the world"

It is nice to see a government that works solely for the benefit of the people of that state.

Which is that? Singapore or Ireland?

bealtine

watty wrote: »

Which is that? Singapore or Ireland?

Obviously it was a reference to Ireland, I mean why else would we build a network that passes all households...and spend so much money on it to obviously make sure it worked.