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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Gday Gary
For how long???
I fully agree that unless the govt subsidises the installation of the NBN, it wont happen properly, other than in a few major cities.
I also agree that doing a proper installation up front will be far more beneficial long term than the fibre to the node ( maybe ),
but not cost effective in the short term.
But once done, i have no trust in out Govt ( of either side ) not to sell it off in order to say they have "balanced a budget".
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Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the post.
When I wrote that sentence I meant it in a transactional sense rather than
in the sense that the government would necessarily own it forever and forever.
It had already been signaled some years ago that the plan was eventually
to sell it. Whether it will remain public or become private will obviously be
a decision that will be made by the powers that be in the future.
Whether it is eventually sold for political expediency to make the bottom line look
good is certainly not without precedent.