"Imagine if we left our road network up to private enterprise. All we would have is toll roads on the major arterials in the main cities. Hang-on that basically describes the optus fibre service..."
Not arguing that there does not need to be any taxpayer funded fiber backbone, but the choice is between a bitumen road or a gold plated road.
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I'd say a better comparison would be the choice between a single lane dirt track that will OK for a few years, or a mutli-lane concrete highway that will still be a great asset to our children. Short term Vs long term...