Turnbull says Coalition’s NBN policy ‘imminent’

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Turnbull says Coalition’s NBN policy ‘imminent’

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Malcolm Turnbull at Queensland Media Club Photo: Malcolm Turnbull says the release of the Coalition’s broadband policy is imminent. (AAP: Dave Hunt, file photo)
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Federal Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull says there will be no surprises in the Coalition’s broadband policy which is set to be released “imminently”.

Speaking in Tasmania, Mr Turnbull declared the Coalition will complete the National Broadband Network but with a different mix of technologies which he has already outlined.

“Don’t hold your breath because I’m told it’s bad for your health, but if you hold it you would not have to for very long,” he said regarding the policy’s release date.

“We’re not releasing it today but the full detail, a lot of financial information, will be in the policy that will be released imminently.

“I don’t think there will be any surprises in it frankly.

“We will complete the construction of the NBN we’re not going to tear it up or cancel it or do any of those things Julia Gillard says we will.

“Our approach is to complete it and to complete it sooner, cheaper and accordingly more affordably for all Australians.”
The ABC’s Nick Ross compares the NBN to the Coalition’s alternative

The Coalition has indicated it wants to use a mix of technologies to complete the NBN, with a focus on fibre to the node, rather than the Government’s fibre to the premises.

The Coalition’s plan would mean fibre cables would run to neighbourhood boxes, with the remaining connection to homes to use the existing copper network.

A fibre-to-the-node network would result in slower internet speeds than the Government’s NBN, due to factors such as copper line quality and proximity to the neighbourhood node.

Mr Turnbull says the Coalition’s approach will save money and allow the network to be completed sooner.

Topics: internet-technology, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, australia

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One thought on “Turnbull says Coalition’s NBN policy ‘imminent’

  1. Neville

    5 April, 2013

    The use of existing copper lines to residences would save
    on cable connections and the digging up of peoples yards.
    This makes a lot of sense.

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