G'day -
From: John Mann [mailto:john.mann@monash.edu]
The NBN is being paid for by NBN users, not Australian Taxpayers.
If only that was true. I think NBN marketing alone costed more than its revenue thus far. A quick search results in some figures: "The government has already pumped around $2.6 billion into the fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) NBN down from original forecast of $4.7 billion for the year because of delays. It is being principally funded by the sale of government bonds but deployment remains in its infancy with only around 1 per cent of premises passed." (http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/tough-nbn-spending-decisi ons-await-20130708-2jl56.html) How much did the government spend on wireless 4G? DSL networks? Zero. That's how it should be. Regards Slav "This e-mail and any attachments to it (the "Communication") is, unless otherwise stated, confidential, may contain copyright material and is for the use only of the intended recipient. If you receive the Communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete the Communication and the return e-mail, and do not read, copy, retransmit or otherwise deal with it. Any views expressed in the Communication are those of the individual sender only, unless expressly stated to be those of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522, or any of its related entities including ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (together "ANZ"). ANZ does not accept liability in connection with the integrity of or errors in the Communication, computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from or in respect of the Communication."