@Malcolm said:
Thanks for your reaction tharra! I’m interested to know more about what you object to.
I am that tech savvy person in my building. 😉 We worked to get a communications solution which works much more like a utility such as water & power. i.e. individual lot owners can choose their retailer (or 4 – the beauty of NBN fibre is that you can have 4 data connections running simultaneously) & the Owner’s Corporation has no input/care factor into that decision. They can have medical alarms, faxes, security alarms, business grade services whatever they want by choosing an appropriate retail service provider. Or they can choose to not use any NBN service & just use their mobiles. There are no ongoing costs for the Owner’s Corporation associated with the NBN tech choice solution. No one on the strata committee has to be the IT geek for the whole building. The solution will outlast the current skillset of the committee & interest of the residents.
I think you need to do more homework. Be careful of installing a white elephant consuming human & $ resources which occupants may not want in 1-2 years time if there are other communications options.
I’m also not sure what happens if the Owner’s Corporation effectively becomes the marketing arm for one provider because they have a vested interest in keeping costs low. The conflict of interest would make me wary.