Split up and sell off the NBN: Infrastructure Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that

The Turnbull government should split up the National Broadband Network and start preparing to sell it off to private companies, according to a landmark infrastructure plan.

and

“In the near term, the Australian government should commission a scoping study to assess the most appropriate approach, structure and timing to deliver a privatised NBN model,” the report recommends.

No surprises there.

For residents, they need to consider whether it would be cheaper for them to move to a user pays FTTP whilst the NBN remains in government hands, or when it is sold off to the private sector.

I’ll leave you to form your own opinion on this one.

Steve