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This very Telstra-centric point of view doesnīt really reflect the reality.
Bryan, I am not sure how much you know about current node capabilities and if you have seen the latest specks of Juniper equipment but the actual specs from the original NBN tender demanded 100MBit to 90% of all households in Australia, so why would the government make specs that arenīt achievable (that Telstra canīt is clear).
And BTW: the NBN is Tasmania is almost up and running.
Germany went with fibre from 1990 onwards and there is nothing wrong with the connections so far and I havenīt heard anything about a necessary makeover. BTW: i Germany you get as standard a 16Mbit line+Telefon+unlimited calls+unlimited downloads at full speed for the equivalent of $60 per month (Deutsche Telekom). And in Finland it is part of the human rights to have at 1Mbit internet connection at home. The NBN will be a project one of its kind like the Trans-Siberian-Railway and will employ thousands of people and will on top that offer new market opportunities not only for new providers but for applications that were just not possible so far. The evolution needs to continue with Telstra or without. In my oppinion it was the biggest mistake ever to privatise the Telco network in the first place. The NBN is the chance to not only reverse it but to start with a state of the art network that other countries will certailny adopt and hence move the web to a higher stage (maybe 3.0?).
Even New Zealand is building a similar network over the next 6 years.
But donīt worry, mate. As a network tech you shouldnīt have issues coming onboard a new Telco company.
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