tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777177917540226839.post798048889925153234..comments2014-04-12T14:49:58.988+10:00Comments on SteveJ on Broadband: pre-election NBN posts: NBN: Coalition is in the box-seat, should it choose to "fine tune" policy in light of latest NBN cost figuressteve jenkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16064724730975745470noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777177917540226839.post-1988111255184790652013-04-24T16:28:25.298+10:002013-04-24T16:28:25.298+10:00If we could get a commitment out of the Coalition ...If we could get a commitment out of the Coalition that no new copper be laid. That would be some sort of reassurance.<br><br>By this I mean if the copper to a particular premises is not up to spec for VDSL then it is replaced with Fiber for the whole street.<br><br>But if they did this the cost saving benefit of a large coordinated roll out are lost.<br><br>The only hope that I have is that if the Coalition is voted in that they take 3-6 months to investigate and then find that the flexibility that you mentioned is used to say that FTTP is not such a bad thing and now that we know the full costs it is easier to move forward with the plan in hand.<br>With the fiscal change that people make a co-payment towards connection as per your suggestion.<br><br>As long as they can rebadge it as a coalition project and that it really has nothing to do with that Labor NBN (nudge nudge wink wink) they will probably be happy.<br>D Siviourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361200820628899452noreply@blogger.com