So here we go, sitting here, powerless, while the incompitent government, assisted by those who couldnt see their shortcomings, go about stuffing up yet another major project, in the way of the NBN.

With the number now being suggested to be around 90 billion,(about double) and the roll out at a snails pace, I wonder if the labor die hards will finally get the message that they are assisting these fools on their quest to ruin the futures of ordinary decent people.

Wake up to yourselves and smell the roses.

I bet the clown running the circus on $500,000 plus and his 'Board' down the scale to $200,00 couldn't give a crap about the cost. No one is going to abandon it now. Watch their super grow though like manure in the garden.

By all means let's all attack the government once again.
We've heard it all before ... the carbon tax will wipe
out whole towns, whole industries will go belly-up,
lamb roasts will rise to over $100 and so on.

Anyone who's worked in large project management realises
that and as Mr Abbott has told us in the past -
"shite happens." Things don't always go to plan.
Sometimes it takes a bit longer, and does cost more, -
due to unforseen circumstances. But it's often worth the
effort in the final result.

BTW - the NBN Co maintains that it is only 3 months behind
and is confident it will pass 341,000 premises by Sept. 30th.

According to The Age newspaper, a spokesperson for the
NBN Co stated, "We're not asking people to trust us.
We're asking them to track us."

And why did the Gillard Government refuse to undertake a financial cost benefit when the Opposition demanded it ?

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Sometimes it takes a bit longer, and does cost more, -

So what's your opinion of 'COSTS MORE' Lexi, or, will we blame it on the GFC again.

Given this is tipped to be up to 100% over budget, does that mean it's only a problem if it's say, 150%, 200%, over budget,where is the trigger Lexi?

As for roll out, well, we can just add this one to the FAILED TROPHY case, along with almost every other thing this mob have touched.

This is yet ANOTHER case of total incompetence from a government that's truly below par when it comes to making financial commitments.

September just can't come quick enough, for most of us, anyway.

Technically the biggest white elephant currently on the books is the F35 Lightning procurement and that's the offspring of a coalition government.
The Lib/Nats NBN plan is looking just like the Super Hornet "stop gap" procurement for the ADF, proven technology yes,it'll work well for a while because the airframes are relatively new but the program provides no significant gain in capability. To use the aircraft comparison again if the coalition had gone with the Dassault Rafale fighter in the first place we'd already have a full compliment of an advanced, battle tested, reliable aircraft by now at a fraction of the cost of the F35. So it is with internet, if Labor had gone with a mix of proven off the shelf technologies from the get go the job would be well underway by now.
Will they ever learn?