Australian National Broadband Network Announcement

TarJak · 04-07-09, 07:12 AM

Just saw Krudd interviewed on the telly tonight. Kerry O'Brien was giving him a hard time about the numbers but he was pretty steady under questioning.

The number is close to AU $43b over 8 years. Gov't wants 51% of the new company which it will attempt to downsell once the job is done. That means the Gov't has to put in a minimum of AU$23b over the 8 years hoping the other AU$20b gets picke up by the private sector and assuming

I think I'd prefer getting firbre to the home rather than the crap fibre to the node plan they had for the original RFP that was sent out. Faster and slightly more future proof. Question is can we afford to spend at least $23b over the next 8 years? And what happens if the privae sector decides to wait until the job is done before buying in?

04-07-09, 07:12 AM	#6
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Just saw Krudd interviewed on the telly tonight. Kerry O'Brien was giving him a hard time about the numbers but he was pretty steady under questioning. The number is close to AU $43b over 8 years. Gov't wants 51% of the new company which it will attempt to downsell once the job is done. That means the Gov't has to put in a minimum of AU$23b over the 8 years hoping the other AU$20b gets picke up by the private sector and assuming I think I'd prefer getting firbre to the home rather than the crap fibre to the node plan they had for the original RFP that was sent out. Faster and slightly more future proof. Question is can we afford to spend at least $23b over the next 8 years? And what happens if the privae sector decides to wait until the job is done before buying in?