Some questions are left unclear, does anyone know:

1) No time-frame was mentioned - When are the bad-guys coming to take our phones away? (I hope to be dead by then, that will solve all problems)
2) What happens to the phone-network at home when the outside cables change from copper to fibre? does it mean that all phones at home need to be replaced by different devices, or is it possible to get some convertor to copper? (burning down the house is probably the easier solution)

Yuyutsu; I would imagine that the way it works is that your phone is forcibly disconnected, and you must contact the government (by foot of course) and come to an agreement that they will connect you to the NBN line if the government may take possession of all your personal belongings to redistribute as they see fit, and that you display the hammer and sickle at all times?

Although to be fair, knowing the (in)competence and failure to keep election promises of the current Labor Party, we probably WILL be dead by the time they ever get around to hooking our houses up.

One more question, King Hazza:

You said, "and come to an agreement that they will connect you to the NBN line":

Is it going to hurt? at what point(s) of the body will the connection be made?

King Hazza makes some good points.

Hasbeen have you ever tried to talk to a human being in a Telstra Call Centre? Over-manned in the service areas, I think not.

While I agree with the concerns expressed here, I would like to raise the issue again of one of the darker aspects of the government monopoly.

The Labor government has never shied away from wielding its power to enforce its policies. In the event of a monopoly on the NBN, it would be simple to enforce the Network censorship policy it is planning.

This is the most egregious assault on freedom of expression outside a dictatorship, and must be stopped.

While I agree with your concerns, Shadow Minister, the aim of the government is more sinister than mere censorship. The purpose of the NBN is entertainment for the masses, keeping people buried within screens and electronic gadgets in order to remove them from real life. This way the government can do whatever it wants while the citizens are paralyzed with a constant silly smile in virtual-land.