conroy's speech to sydney institute

Below is a link to the speech Conroy gave to The Sydney Institute last evening.

http://australia.to/2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2123:senator-conroy-speech-the-sydney-institute&catid=101:australian-news&Itemid=167

The main points I got from the speech are (nothing new in some cases):
1) Conroy states this governement's determination to correct the mistakes of previous governments and smashing the vertical integration of telcos such as TLS
2) Conroy states that NBN is to be a "wholesale-only network" - is this a precursor to amending proposed legislation and response to optus' and telstra's (amongst others) displeasure with nbn possibly offering a retail service as well
3) Conroy's justification to build a "superfast broadband network" is build it and they will come and also at the moment unforseen side benefits - his analogy is the electricity network. This is all good and well - but if he is seeking private investors and/or public money that would need to withstand financial scrutiny from private analysts and/or the auditor-general - in my opinion it just reinforces the benefits of having access to TLS' ducts and customer base. Also, the electricity network went from zero access to having access and necessary capacity growth as required - most (all?) people already have access to broadband (at speeds they are currently comfortable with?)
4) Conroy states that NBN will lift Australia to the top of the world rankings in broadband access joining the regional likes of Korea, Japan and Singapore. All good and well but items such as country footprint and population density would suggest Australia would have to pay above odds to reach that level and consequently charge more for access to it - so which rankings will we be benchmarking against?

Much depends on independent analysis of the numbers the government has in front of them - let the daylight in!!!!