sounds like an April Fools joke to me.... but then again, most of what is promoted by this labor govnut is akin to an april fools day joke at best... it is so 'out of this world' that it is really unbelievable... quote.... Andrew Bolt Friday, November 26, 2010 at 05:57am
Im not sure this it the scrutiny we need, or the scrutineers we trust, with the nations savings on the line:
THE committee being created to scrutinise the taxpayer-funded National Broadband Network will be stacked with Labor MPs and not operate until July
The committee - promised by Julia Gillard to secure the support of independent senator Nick Xenophon for crucial legislation to end Telstras market dominance and pave the way for the NBN - will have 16 members, of whom nine will be Labor-nominated. ***** It will be chaired by independent Rob Oakeshott
A coalition of telco companies that includes AAPT claimed the project costs would top $50 billion.
In an open letter to NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley, the Alliance for Affordable Broadband said when interest costs and $13.8bn in payments to Telstra were added to the $35.7bn of upfront capital spending required to roll out the high-speed project, the cost could reach $55.2bn.
