me here wrote
I can only agree. The govt valuation is ludicrously low.
IMHO the govt has just raised this whole scheme as a matter to squash
criticism of their inaction (and lampoon the previous govt for theirs).
I think its more that they were so stupid/pig ignorant that they
made the election promise and then discovered that it wasnt
going to be possible to deliver that they promised, so the dud
was actually stupid enough to turn that into FTTP and was so
stupid that he didnt realise that that wasnt deliverable.
Not for the first time either, he hasnt been able to deliver
on his election promise on hospitals or 'the homeless' either
or on a host of other stuff like new houses etc etc etc.
They know full well that it will take years to pass legislation,
find corporate partners, fund, and implement.
I doubt they did when they were stupid enough to turn the election promise into FTTP.
They will be long gone from office before anything meaningful is done.
Very likely, but I doubt that was deliberate.
In the meantime the telcos will carry on rolling
out fibre links on an as required basis.
Be interesting to see if they do much of that anymore.
No wonder the rest of the world is supposedly watching this with great interest,
Bet they dont even know what the dud is proposing.
and probably wondering if fairy tales really do come true.
To top if off, my understandiing is that about 50% of broadband users
currently chose speeds no greater than 256, so how do they expect
different takeup rates with the ovekill speeds of the new system?
Correct, tho they presumably would be happy to sign up for FTTP if
say the govt spent the $43B from the Future Fund on it and offered
them FTTP for the same price as they are currently paying for 256.
Corse its very arguable whether that $43B wouldnt be much better spent on hospitals etc instead.
It is indeed. Nothing new with politicians tho.