P.S.

These connection costs still don't cover the supply, installation and maintenance of battery back up which is about $1000 to supply and install and requires regular maintenance. This is not required with a copper network.

The first order of business for a Coalition government needs to be to suspend all contracts entered into by NBN co and abolish the whole mess.

Wireless is going to make it obsolete anyway, even without the debacle that is inevitable from Gillard with anything more complicated than holding hands with Tim.

Let those who think they need fibre pay for it and the rest can choose technology that's appropriate. Central planning on the supply-side only works if the planners are competent and even then it rarely leads to good outcomes. Whenever I hear about NBN Co, I'm always reminded of Bob Hoskins's ducting repair man from Central Services in Gillaim's brilliant movie Brazil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%28film%29

I'm sure when Gillard watched it she thought it was a training film...

I try to contribute to every new thread.
After all it is about all sides and all views.
Looked then walked away last night.
but no,worth while saying my view.
A dissenting one, NBN is an achievement.
Worth while.
Will it waste as much as Tiny Tony's 70 billion black hole?
Leave you to it SM

What are your reasons for believing the NBN debacle is worthwhile, Belly?

No need to have panic attacks, you have till 2020 to live through yet.

Having been in communications industry for 44 years, I have to laugh at all the convoluted arguements 4 and against NBN. It's like arguing which is better at washing clothes - soap or 'lux'. All this BS is meaningless if you find out that the problem with the internet is not the symptom [ speed ] but the desease [server ] Just the reverse of the electrical grid. We have the infrastructure to handle 100MBS [ well 85% of it anyway ]to the consumer. What we don't have is the SERVERS to deliver it. 10MBS is just fine for the average joe [ If I could ever get it on my co-axial direct connection to the NAT server ] but as more and more demand is put on the server, everyone see's a drop in speed. What we need is MORE SERVERS not more street cable. Instead of just data, the servers have to handle TV and what-ever as well and co-axial does that just fine [capacity of 100MBS] but if you have a car that won't pull a caravan, isn't it cheaper to drop a more powerfull motor in your car than junk the whole car and buy a new one [ provided the rest of the car was BUILT to take the power anyway ?]
When I have a connection that supports 100MBS [ coaxial] and a promise that I'll get at max 10MBS [?] from the SERVER !! - and I NEVER see more that 350KBS, what the hell does that tell you ?