I agree that the project has not been given the breadth of vision that its importance deserves. I agree that we have had too much politics and too little engineering. I agree that re-using the copper in built up areas was dopy and we should have gone straight to fibre. I agree that FW and Sat. have been stinted and some people are the worse for it.
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.
