<p dir="ltr">Given the massive overlap with the Telstra HFC footprint, and the performance of the Optus HFC network, you couldn't call it competition by any measure of the word.</p>
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Did they buy the network or did they buy the competition?<br>
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If it's the latter then the state of the network is entirely
irrelevant.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Those were my thoughts exactly Skeeve. The Optus HFC
network has been in a disgraceful state for years, and anyone
who's had any involvement with it knew that.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Great to see that NBN did the appropriate levels of
due dilligence before handing over so much money...</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 26 Nov 2015 12:38 am, "Skeeve Stevens"
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<div>They could have just asked us... we would have told
them how bad it was.</div>
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<div>From: <a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/nbn/nbns-800-million-optus-network-might-need-to-be-rebuilt/news-story/058b1a409439b2d0b797bda37aec4ed7" target="_blank">http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/nbn/nbns-800-million-optus-network-might-need-to-be-rebuilt/news-story/058b1a409439b2d0b797bda37aec4ed7</a></div>
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MALCOLM Turnbull and the NBN have spent $800 million on a
network that almost completely needs to be rebuilt.<br>
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As part of the Coalition government’s multi-technology
National Broadband Network, the government bought Optus’s
ageing hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) cable network, which was
originally rolled out in the 1990s for pay TV, for $800
million.<br>
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But leaked documents obtained by Fairfax Mediareveal the
government is planning to replace that $800 million
network at a cost of an extra $375 million.<br>
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The documents claim that the Optus HFC network is “not fit
for purpose” and nearing the end of its life, while other
parts of it are simply already oversubscribed and wouldn’t
be able to deliver on the speeds promised by Mr Turnbull
and his government.<br>
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These new plans would see the Optus network rebuilt with
either Telstra’s HFC or fibre-to-the-node technology,
which was originally planned for 38 per cent of the
network. On top of the huge cost blowout, which is already
expected to be $15 billion over budget, the NBN will be
missing the rollout targets of 633,000 premises in 2017
and 2018, which will now have to wait until 2019 at the
earliest to be connected.<br>
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An initial agreement was made between the NBN and Optus in
2012, where it was approved by the Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission under the grounds that the
government could gradually decommission Optus’s HFC and
replace it with fibre-to-the-premises broadband
connections.<br>
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The existing network needed upgrades and it was deemed
commercially unviable for Optus to do that work and
maintain it.<br>
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Despite this, the deal was revised in 2015 the government
would keep Optus’s HFC network in use and make upgrades
where needed for the same $800 million price tag.<br>
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Opposition communications spokesman Jason Clare slammed
the findings of the document, saying it showed “more
evidence of the absolute mess that Malcolm Turnbull has
created with his second-rate NBN”.<br>
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“It reveals that the Optus HFC network, a key component of
Malcolm Turnbull’s second-rate NBN, is in far worse
condition than Australians were led to believe and NBN Co
is considering overbuilding the network — costing hundreds
of millions and meaning hundreds of thousands of
Australians will have to wait longer to get the NBN,” Mr
Clare said.<br>
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Optus said that it always acknowledged the HFC network
needed major investment to manage subscriber growth and
capacity demand.<br>
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A statement from NBN Co said the corporate plan had
accounted for the ebbs and flows of the project.<br>
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“NBN has met or exceeded all targets over the past 18
months and we remain confident in our long range plan and
the various strategies we have in place to manage the
risk,” the statement said.<br>
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“Nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses can now order an
NBN service and nearly 700,000 are connected.<br>
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“In order to manage risk NBN regularly prepares for
multiple scenarios in the network deployment — the
document concerned is part of that ongoing approach of
risk mitigation.”<br>
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“Our corporate plan has accounted for the ebbs and flows
expected in a project of this scale.<br>
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“NBN has met or exceeded all targets over the past 18
months and we remain confident in our long range plan and
the various strategies we have in place to manage the
risk.<br>
<br>
“Nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses can now order an
nbn service and nearly 700,000 are connected. In order to
manage risk, NBN regularly prepares for multiple scenarios
in the network deployment - the document concerned is part
of that ongoing approach of risk mitigation.”<br>
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