Cliff Richard wrote on Jun 29
th, 2011 at 2:37pm:
GoddyofOz wrote on Jun 27
th, 2011 at 11:30pm:
I dare anyone, Lib or otherwise, to tell me they don't want this. I dare anyone, Lib or otherwise, to say this isn't worth it for our Country.
Roll on, NBN.
i dont want it
you can pay my share of the tax for it if you want it so badly
theres a novelty actually paying for something you want yourself
but yeaaah fast rural porn f*ck yeah
Couple of misconceptions there.
First, the NBN isn't funded from tax, it's funded from the issue of Government infrastructure bonds at the going interest rate (currently about 5%). The bonds are then repaid by the revenue from the network, which (once it's complete) will be about $6bn per year. The forecast return is 7%, therefore the interest is also covered. This is essentially the same way all utility networks were constructed by Govt (phone/water/power).
Therefore, those who use the NBN will be "paying for it themselves". What's more, those high-end and business users who want and choose faster than average plans will also be subsidising those on standard plans and therefore actually paying a little more than "their share". The average revenue per user (ARPU) required is about $33, while the wholesale prices are 12/1 $24, 25/5 $27, 25/10 $30, 50/20 $34, 100/40 $38, 250/100 $70, 500/200 $100 and 1000/400 $150.
Note that iiNet's pricing was released last week, and is generally considerably cheaper than ADSL2+. In outer-metro and regional areas (or Telstra metro), it is generally less than half the price of current ADSL for ~double the speed and data allowances. About the only exception to the better prices comes in TPG on-net ADSL areas, where the TPG plans are still cheaper per GB of download although also considerably slower.
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