Gleneagles NBN Project in the media…
Mark Gregory has written a very informative article about the Technology Choice Program issues, and the Gleneagles Estate got a mention:
The Gleneagles estate NBN Committee representing 389 premises the estate in Kambah ACT also proceeded with a TCP application after 41 per cent of premises supported the move in an online poll in May 2015.
On August 11, 2015 Turnbull wrote to the Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann and stated that “on June 26, 2015, Mr Ulrich [Gleneagles estate representative] was advised that it was not practical for NBN Co to proceed with an Area Switch application under the ‘Technology Choice’ program, as not all property owners wished to participate in the proposal. This would not comply with ‘Technology Choice’ policy, which requires all premises in an area to be included.”
That statement is at odds with what NBN Co has told the NFCA, which is that for an Area Switch application to proceed the applicant would be required to cover the entire cost for the TCP and not all property owners would be required to be participants in the application.
However, Turnbull’s remark does highlight the difficulty that any brownfields estate would have to face, that is the likelihood that not all property owners would be interested to pay for FTTP and those who want FTTP would need to cover the cost for the entire estate.
