forbes warns gillard, nbn could be obsolete

US billionaire Steve Forbes has warned the Gillard government the National Broadband Network could be obsolete by the time it is built.

Also called on Canberra to cut Cities out of the National Broadband Network rollout, just focus on the Bush, he said.

Sure - Yanks coming over here whingeing away; on the other hand he's just one of many possible investors who shy away from this uncosted Dream Network.

Yeah - Telstra may benefit if it goes through, but how long is the whole rigmarole going to take?

Telstra must have a strategy to follow that assumes NBN will not be fully rolled out. It cannot rely on NBN to prop it up.

Thodey & co can help make Telstra one of the World's great Telco's; but they sure have a lot of work to do.