<div dir="ltr">I really want to see the review Turnbull does. I would like to see the difference in maintenance and operation costs between FTTN and FTTP to see just how much it costs to maintain all the powered nodes and copper. I think that would be enlightening especially if you extrapolate over the 50 - 70 year lifespan you get out of a full fibre deployment.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 September 2013 19:47, Robert Hudson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hudrob@gmail.com" target="_blank">hudrob@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="im">On 17 September 2013 21:34, Paul Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au" target="_blank">paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">So who pays the interest Nick?</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>The interest is paid by the government (ie Australia as a nation) in the short term, but there is a planned complete return on investment (including interest paid) inside of ~30 years. </div>
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