The original Board of the NBN consisted of people with no technical knowledge of the telecommunications or IT Industry.
This was because of a CRAZY, Crazy Idea going around that the best way to take business to a higher level was to bring in people that were not weighed down by past-knowledge (considered to limitations) of what was (not) possible. It was the Australian-business version of "Draining the Swamp".
Thus the NBN was off to a bad start and because of political rhetoric, it has never been able to get back on track.
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