At least this time the NBN will be a wholesaler, and will not have the same issues that we had with Telstra.
Exactly the same issues. A single private company in control of the infrastructure. It's called a monopoly. Monopolies are bad for consumers. We all know that. We have infinite examples of it. The unknown is what shonky deals have the government via their NBN Co already agreed to with Telstra. Coalition will cut this ridiculous spend as soon as it can but what will the cost be to roll back shonky deals. You just have to look at Victorian Labor's shonky desal plant to understand.
Everyone who has looked at the back-of-a-stamp business plan for this NBN debacle know it's not going to be profitable, it is going to cost taxpayer money for a long time to come. Now that would not necessarily be a problem if it was essentially needed and there was no cost effective alternative but there is. This government is a sham.
Electricity, Water, etc. utility companies will use the NBN connection to all households for smart grids.
What a ridiculous need. So the NBN is required to pass a couple of numbers to the utility companies?
Even the Liberal state Premiers are trying to get a bigger share of the NBN roll out in their state, so they also understand the importance and the benefits of the NBN.
Well of course they're not going to sit on their backsides now it's being rolled out. It would be negligence of any premier not to push for it's own state. This hardly constitutes an approval of this wasteful spend over other alternatives. I am sure if you asked the premiers where they would have liked to see the $50bill+ this is going to cost taxpayers, it wouldn't be the NBN.
The NBN will also reduce carbon emissions in a few different ways.
Ah yes the old 'save the world' reason.
makattack what savings do you think will be made doing FTTN instead of FTTH? Keep in mind additional costs, street cabinets, maintenance, and the NBN not owning the copper that will be cut.
What are you on about? We're talking about rolling out a network at taxpayers expense as opposed to putting the onus on private enterprise to do this with the incentive and support of the government. Then we have all sorts of technologies evolving. For many, the substantial increase in wireless speeds would have been fine. Next generation satellites are providing much more consistency and better speeds. Technology moves quickly. We'll look back in 10-15 years at NBN as a costly white elephant and a lasting memory of the virtually defunct Labor party.
