longweekend58 wrote on Apr 29
th, 2012 at 5:55pm:
Thats your idea of a compelling argument??? one company which sells a lot of technology has its profit increased and more are now using fiber than copper?? do u understand so little of the debate over the NBN that you think it is a TECHNICAL issue?
Really?
Let's see, the coalition are still backing FTTN, so obviously they debate the technology.
Assorted clueless commentators and commenters still naively think we should be using some magical wireless technology, so they obviously think it's about technology.
As for the other debates surrounding the NBN, well Turnbull is gradually leaving them behind.
The latest version of his policy is for NBN Co to take over Telstra's "last mile" of copper and build an FTTN network using it. That means his previous arguments about private sector involvement are gone. It means his previous arguments about "the great big Govt monopoly" are gone too. The FTTN net would use the same PoI system as the NBN, so the too many/too few PoI argument is gone. He's touted speeds ranging from 50-80Mbps for FTTN, so the "nobody needs more than 12Mbps" argument is gone too.
Seems to me that the biggest argument the coalition have is the technology, and by extension the cost. But if you remove the tech argument, and agree with FTTP, then the cost argument is gone too.