Also, why spend MORE on "Maybe 25mbit or up to 100" with no upgrade potential when you could install the fibre and have reliable gigabit right away? It makes no sense.
The NBN should be for the future, not for what's okay for most people today.
Imagine if we only had dialup now because that was all we needed 15 years ago. That's what the Liberals are doing to the NBN.
NBN is decommissioning the Optus HFC network and replacing it with VDSL. Yes, I'm serious.
They're taking over and using the Telstra coaxial network, which should improve upload speeds, but they aren't planning to offer anything above 100Mbps (about 94 actual throughput) on it. They're replacing the DOCSIS 3.0 equipment, but with more DOCSIS 3.0 equipment.
Since Telstra's max plan goes about 115mbit, this is actually a downgrade in speed at my house. I'll be waving 20Mbit/s goodbye.
Would you tell someone who renders 3d movies for their job or hobby that they don't need a faster CPU/CPU?
Telling people who regularly pull (and upload!) docker containers, software packages, or meaningful work data like pictures, videos or backups that they don't need to have time shaved off their activities is equally strange.
A decade ago we had to 'imagine' what quality internet we might need in 2017. But now it is 2017.
For example, think of a medical scan - lots of high-quality imagery. The same scans could be readily available to your GP, your specialist, and your surgeon, all in different locations, all relatively on-demand.
I don't think it is possible to have communications infrastructure that is "too good".
Maybe today, what about the future.