On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Les Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:
> My opinion: Labor's NBN is a good idea. In reality it will probably take > 2, 3, or more times as long, and be the same in cost. Is fibre great? Sure. > Is fibre great at $10,000+ per house. No. Is $10,000 fibre per house even > better when it's all controlled by a government monopoly? Yes! Whoops, I > mean @#*&#*&*$ NOOO! > If one accepts the idea that fast broadband will economically revolutionise the country by allowing people to do all sorts of high bandwidth stuff, then the CVC charges need to go - full stop. The direct result of that is that the project needs to be not treated as an investment with a financial return, but just treated as a social welfare project and moved onto the appropriate place in the budget with health, education, etc. Somewhat ironically, I would have a lot less of a problem with the project if the government did that: Call a spade a spade. Bonus question: If you were spending your personal money on a project that was proceeding at <1% of its stated goals, how long would you continue investing? David.
