THE National Broadband Network (NBN) is to be switched on in Torquay and Jan Juc by June, but questions are being asked about the network\u2019s overall pace, cost and internet speeds.
\nThe latest criticism was aired last week on Channel 10 program The Project, but one of the claims made by host Waleed Aly has been rejected by Corangamite federal member Sarah Henderson.
\nIn his \u201cSomething We Should Talk About\u201d segment on Wednesday, Aly gave an overview of the changes to the NBN rollout, including Labor\u2019s original plan and the Coalition\u2019s switch after winning the election. Labour intended to roll out fiber to the premises (FTTP) to 93 per cent of the population but the Coalition opted for a Multi-Technology Mix some FTTP.
\nMs Henderson \u2013 who can coincidentally be seen in the segment standing behind then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott \u2013 took exception to Aly\u2019s remarks on Twitter on Wednesday night, and explained herself further on Monday. \u201cHe got it wrong; he said that Labor\u2019s plan was \u201cWhat I wanted to remind Waleed on The Project wireless to any town of 1,000 residents or less.\u201d
\nAly said the Coalition had turned the NBN into a \u201cpolitical football\u201d and was highly critical of the changes to the network.
\n\u201cSo now, instead of being (in Mr Abbott\u2019s words) \u2018much, much faster broadband, much more quickly and much more affordably\u2019, we\u2019ll have much slower internet, which will cost about $10 billion more (than Labor\u2019s original $45 billion estimate), but we\u2019ll get it one year sooner than Labor.\u201d
\nThere have been a series of leaks from NBN Co in recent months, revealing delays to the MTM rollout FTTP model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE National Broadband Network (NBN) is to be switched on in Torquay and Jan Juc by June, but questions are being asked about the network\u2019s overall pace, cost and internet speeds. The latest criticism was aired last week on Channel 10 program The Project, but one of the claims made by host Waleed Aly has […]<\/p>\n