<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Karl,<br></div>Thanks for the interesting reply.<br><br></div>I think it's unfair to compare the NBN's actual performance under Turnbull, with NBN's initial FTTP estimates. I think it's fairly partisan to suggest that there wouldn't have been cost blowouts under Labor. For one thing, the exchange rate has moved considerably.<br><br></div>Kind regards<br><br></div>Paul Wilkins<br><div><div><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 September 2015 at 12:39, Karl Auer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kauer@biplane.com.au" target="_blank">kauer@biplane.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Wed, 2015-09-09 at 12:12 +1000, Paul Wilkins wrote:<br>
> Those are Prof Rod Tucker (of University Melbourne)'s views and figures. He<br>
> wanted $43bn from Stephen Conroy back in 2009 for a FTTN network. This was<br>
> when the AUD was trading at USD$1.15. His is a fairly partisan position.<br>
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</span>To assume someone is partisan because they argue for one position or<br>
another is very poor form indeed, unless you can demonstrate their bias.<br>
And even if someone IS partisan, they may still be right, even if for<br>
the wrong reasons. That's the problem with ad hominem attacks - they<br>
don't address the facts.<br>
<br>
A position that is argued from supportable facts is not partisan unless<br>
other facts are being deliberately ignored. If you have a problem with<br>
an article, you need to attack the statements made in it, either by<br>
showing that the facts being used are not true, by showing that<br>
information the writer had access to is being ignored, or by showing<br>
that the facts as given do not support the conclusions drawn.<br>
<br>
So - is the author wrong? If so, how so?<br>
<br>
Regards, K.<br>
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