A closer view of Labor’s position on the NBN leading to the election

In an article on ZDNET, Jason Clare is quoted as saying

In his October speech, Clare also admitted that should Labor return to power at the next election, it will be impossible to return the NBN to the approach used before the Coalition won government in 2013.

“I can’t fix the mess this government has made with the flick of a switch or pull out every node or stop all the work NBN is currently doing without potentially causing more problems and wasting a lot of sunk investment,” Clare said.

“If anyone thinks I can just click my fingers the day after the election and we can go back to the way it was, they will be disappointed.”

The article then goes on to the best possible outcome would be if Labor were elected, would be a deployment of FttDP, which is running fibre at the street level, then copper run from the pit to the premises.  The upgrade path for premises to full fibre from there is a much easier and cheaper proposition.

Note running fibre at the street level, and then having residents pay for the pit to the premises run of fibre is what has always been recommended by the committee, and has been suggested to both parties at the highest level, for a very long time.

Steve

Gleenagles Estate NBN Committee