"If you and the other 20% to 40% of the population against FTTH opt out, this will reduce the cost of the NBN by billions.
It means only those that want it get it. Simple and more cost effective."
Glug, no, then the charges will rise significantly as the 60% who do connect have to pay for the infrastructure, rather than the costs being spread over the 95% who were expected to take it up.
struggler, the govt. hasn't a clue about ROIs or any other measure of "profit", which is why the can do this. The nbn was never properly costed - how could they possibly have an ROI? What happened in South Brisbane proves that point entirely. The monthly charges are what they have to be, to cover the real costs, not pie-in-the-sky costs, of a fibre network.
