You quoted Rod Tucker's SMH article and then declared what Simon says doesn't count for much in response to his reply being brought to your attention.
I do find it interesting how you weren't linking the blogs that Simon Hackett made that were critical of the coalition NBN policy before he was appointed to the board.You quoted Rod Tucker's SMH article and then declared what Simon says doesn't count for much in response to his reply being brought to your attention.
Do you agree with Simon Hackett's response or the original article ?
You quoted Rod Tucker's SMH article and then declared what Simon says doesn't count for much in response to his reply being brought to your attention.
Do you agree with Simon Hackett's response or the original article ?
I haven't said anything to defend on that detail of the deal between Telstra and NBN Co in relation to Telstra's HFC cable.So now that I've provided a reasonable response to you, would you care to say what you think about Telstra being given a monopoly right to offer HFC to customers as new lead in cables are installed? I've only asked you 4 times.
He's a pragmatist. Money and time are considerations too as any competent board member would understand.I do find it interesting how you weren't linking the blogs that Simon Hackett made that were critical of the coalition NBN policy before he was appointed to the board.
Since your well versed on his blogs though you should know that he still thinks that FTTP is the way to go but given the reduced budget they have been given he believes that NBN co are achieving the best possible network under the circumstances. I would hardly say he has changed sides and it is a relief to have someone on the board who doesn't have a vested interest with Telstra like the many of the board do.
Well over 5% of customers on the NBN are on the 100/40 plan
From 2002, for younger viewers Alston was John Howard's Communications & IT Minister
Senator Alston was responding to a question from ABC Television Journalist Alan Kohler:
'ALAN KOHLER: In the early days you were actually not just sceptical, you were quite negative, I think you even said that it's just for pornography and gambling?
SENATOR RICHARD ALSTON: Well for example, people will tell you that pornography is one of the major reasons why there's been a high take-up rate in South Korea. I haven't confirmed that at first instance but I've been there, I've looked at what's happening. My scepticism has really been about whether there is any compelling national interest in the Government spending money on subsidising roll-outs to consumers. Because at the moment it's pretty much more of same but a bit faster for most consumers.'
With the forward thinking capacity like that on prospects of the near future Alston was emblematic of the Cabinet to which he belonged. Little wonder so much was squandered by Howard's administration
From an phone/internet data perspective, Labor effectively purchased the copper and HFC networks and chose to shut them down and replace them with fibre. The current government from that framework will effectively purchase them and use them.
There's obviously differences in the detail which have been long since discussed to death in this thread but it's the previous government that made the decision about ultimate financial responsibility for those networks.
This is what the Abbott Govt has put it's hand into our collective pockets to buy back at a grossly inflated value, a rotting copper network held together with corrosive gels and plastic bags, and somehow this is the way of the future for us.
it's the previous government that made the decision about ultimate financial responsibility for those networks.
The Howard government can't be blamed for the mess that the subsequent Labor created as the NBN but I do have sympathy for the view that the monopoly side of Telstra's business should have been structurally separated prior to privatisation of the rest.Whoever privatised Telstra in the first place is absolutely to blame for the mess.
The Howard government can't be blamed for the mess that the subsequent Labor created as the NBN but I do have sympathy for the view that the monopoly side of Telstra's business should have been structurally separated prior to privatisation of the rest.
That though would have still left the government with the copper.
A six-month review by NBN chief financial officer Stephen Rue found it has cost $4316 per premise to install FTTP broadband in existing premises and $2780 in greenfields areas.
The cost of connecting a single existing home or business to the national broadband network has risen to $4316 thanks to higher construction costs and a change in accounting rules, according to NBN Co.
NBN Co before a Senate estimates committee on Tuesday with new audited figures to show how much it costs the company to connect homes and businesses with fibre-optic cabling. This is the seventh review into the NBN since Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull took over the project.
In 2013 when Labor was rolling out the network, NBN Co said the cost per premise was $1100 – a figure that did not include the cost of connecting homes to local telephone exchanges and points of interconnect. Once that was included the total cost was around $3300.
But according to new figures from NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow, the real cost in June 2013 was $3384 per premise. As of December 2014, the figure has risen to $3579.
"In the past six months, NBN Co has undertaken a comprehensive review of cost per premises of building the NBN," he said. "The findings will form part of our results materials on Thursday but due to the complexity of the subject and our intent for transparency I'd like to table the information here today for discussion.
"These are fully allocated costings and represent the cost of building a connection from the transit network to the customer or RSP equipment."
There's more to the required funding than just the capital expenditure but who knows what that would have ultimately cost under Labor given the state of the rollout when they left office.So building FTTP would have been 10% over budget from Labor's original figure of $43 billion which was due to the rising contractor rates and remediation work on the Telstra infrastructure. One thing is for sure the Liberal propaganda of $97 billion they sprouted before the election is no where near the mark.
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