> The results of the strategic review announced that not only will the Coalition’s plan cost almost as much as the originally announced NBN plan
That isn't because it is more expensive, it is because the estimate on the original plan was wrong.
The old peak funding requirement on the original plan was $43.6 Billion with 3.5 million households passed by June 2016. There was supposed to be an update of those figures published this July but they sat on the report until after the election. We now know that those figures are now $73 billion peak funding and 1.7 million residences passed [0].
> The Coalition’s NBN is a joke. It will not arrive faster, cheaper, or better.
It will be faster (as in, rolled out faster) and cheaper. Despite the political vitriol surrounding this topic in Australia, you can't bend the technical and economic reality that rolling out a fiber to the node solution (FTTN) is both cheaper and faster than rolling out fiber to the premises (FTTP) with existing households:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=638167...
You rollout fiber to the home where it is more economical (dense areas, new developments) you roll fiber to the curb where it is more economical and faster (apartment buildings) and you roll the fiber to a cabinet where it is more economical and faster (existing suburban areas).
Attaching each plan to a rollout strategy was a mistake in the first place, as a national network requires a mix of technology (this isn't FTTN v FTTH, its about where to apply each).
[0] Here is a nice table the lays out the old/new estimates: http://www.zdnet.com/au/nbn-strategic-review-by-the-numbers-...
That isn't because it is more expensive, it is because the estimate on the original plan was wrong.
The old peak funding requirement on the original plan was $43.6 Billion with 3.5 million households passed by June 2016. There was supposed to be an update of those figures published this July but they sat on the report until after the election. We now know that those figures are now $73 billion peak funding and 1.7 million residences passed [0].
> The Coalition’s NBN is a joke. It will not arrive faster, cheaper, or better.
It will be faster (as in, rolled out faster) and cheaper. Despite the political vitriol surrounding this topic in Australia, you can't bend the technical and economic reality that rolling out a fiber to the node solution (FTTN) is both cheaper and faster than rolling out fiber to the premises (FTTP) with existing households:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=638167...
You rollout fiber to the home where it is more economical (dense areas, new developments) you roll fiber to the curb where it is more economical and faster (apartment buildings) and you roll the fiber to a cabinet where it is more economical and faster (existing suburban areas).
Attaching each plan to a rollout strategy was a mistake in the first place, as a national network requires a mix of technology (this isn't FTTN v FTTH, its about where to apply each).
[0] Here is a nice table the lays out the old/new estimates: http://www.zdnet.com/au/nbn-strategic-review-by-the-numbers-...