NBN fibre to the premises - what are the real costs, benefits and value?

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@syncretic

However nobody has yet shown me that FW and Sat. technology cannot give adequate service for those outside built-up areas.

To conclude that therefore fibre must be supplied anywhere in Oz regardless of cost is not warranted on the evidence. However grand the vision may be those who spend taxpayers’ money need to account.

It depends on what we define as ‘adequate’. As has been repeatedly shown, demand keeps rising. ‘Adequate’ therefore changes with time. Nobody has yet shown that FW and Sat. technology will meet the future needs of those outside built-up areas.

Pushing fibre as far as we can is a reasonable goal. As I’ve shown, from a rational perspective, the cost is really no big deal.

@person

Predicting technology a century or more into the future? No, thank you.

So we should do nothing, in case something better comes along? In principle, all things are possible. In principle, not all things are equally probable. As it stands, probabilities are on the side of optical fibre serving for a good while yet.