John Mullen told shareholders at Telstra’s annual general meeting on Tuesday that Australians could have enjoyed 100 megabit-per-second internet speeds even if the NBN had never been built."
I have been vindicated. Said this from day one it would be superseded before it was finished. What a costly burden for taxpayers of this country.
"The Labor Party won the November 2007 federal election, and the Rudd Government was sworn into office on 3 December. Soon afterwards, Senator Stephen Conroy announced the newly elected government's commitment to building a national high-speed broadband FTTN network.[6]"
Initial planning and work was commenced under the Labor Party's first Rudd government."
Of course it should have been built, but it should have been done properly. You buy cheap you get cheap.