forced nbn in tassie, page-11

"I would argue that the fibre is essential infrastructure like roads"

only when you are aggregating several users. Like between exchanges

the expense of putting a fibre optic cable to each and every house and maintaining it is far too expensive and the cost cannot be justified. we are talking about over $7000 a connection

I dont know anyone who given a cheque from the government of 7k to spend with a telco on broadband would spend it on a one off connection of fibre with ongoing fees

they would use it to pay ongoing fees for ADSL - it would last a very long time

this is the true test of whether the Australian public wants an NBN or not