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$73 billion was the LNP's figure, by the way, which involved some extremely questionable assumptions (such as despite the actual FTTP cost per premises dropping

$73 billion was the LNP's figure, by the way, which involved some extremely questionable assumptions (such as despite the actual FTTP cost per premises dropping over time as the rollout was progressing, exactly like it did in other rollouts around the world, the LNP's strategic review claims it would have doubled in the future for reasons which were redacted). I think even Fletcher admitted eventually that it would have been much more like the other sceneario, $56 billion, in reality. Still a bit more than Labor's $44.1bn estimates, but nowhere near the LNP's past ludicrous claims (they were saying up to $96bn). Still would have been worth it at double the price to get rid of Telstra. I can't believe how much the politicians have ruined it.

vacri 12y ago
Today in the paper[1] there was a feasibility study by an 'independent' analysis group that said that most homes would only need to use ~14MBit connections - two HDTV streams plus a couple of vidchats. As a result, the crappy alternate NBN was more than suitable. How on earth can you take these people seriously when they can't recognise that data consumption trends have been rising continuously throughout the life of the internet. I mean HDTV is only 1080p, and we already have 4k monitors available to consumers today - which are more than 4 times the data. One single 4k video feed is already about double everything else they'd budgeted for in their "somewhat extreme" scenario. Zero forward thinking. [1]"Such a thing as too much speed"... http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/nbn-cost-benefit-analysis-finds-theres-such-a-thing-as-too-much-speed-20140826-108jtw.html http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/...
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