Apparently you will be able to pay for fibre all the way yourself.
Turnbull says about 2K, the ALP 5K. Delimeter seems to indicate toward the lower value.
http://delimiter.com.au/2013/08/23/open-deception-albanese-c...
Turnbull says about 2K, the ALP 5K. Delimeter seems to indicate toward the lower value.
http://delimiter.com.au/2013/08/23/open-deception-albanese-c...
Who typically rents ? Young people.
Pay-to-connect isn't available to the users who'd want it most - young people. And I don't just mean unaffordable. If you're renting, good luck convincing your land lord to splash out $4k every time you move.
According to NBNCo modelling, which has never been published. We are told that it has been reviewed by Deloitte (as I recall). But we weren't told what Deloitte reviewed, we weren't told what assumptions Deloitte were told to make. You can get an "auditor" to pass anything you want if you control the assumptions of the model.
NBNCo have already had to progressively change their projections for rollout time, rollout penetration and end user takeup. Multiple times. Does this change their model? I am kinda sorta prepared to bet that it does.
This goes back to my personal beef about the very poor transparency and governance of the NBN project.
Bigger apartment with better kitchen, view, facilities, and lower price. There aren't many places connected yet, and it's not looking like many more will be.
a) is it affordable
b) how many people will actually do so
c) would it be cheaper to do all at once?