[LINK] New opposition spokesperson for broadband

[Martin Barry]

$quoted_author = "Glen Turner" ;
> 
> huge maintenance costs (90,000 street cabinets) 

...and not just any old cabinets but something around the size of two
fridges. Can you image the reaction from the general public to something
like that turning up on their nature strip?

They might work in the basements of apartment buildings, but in Australia's
love affair with surburbia we're talking about deploying not only a white
elephant but an eyesore as well.


> rather than dealing with the $20B nettle of fiber to
> the home now and reaping the longer network lifetime and lower
> operating costs in the future.

...and even the possibility of less exchanges, which means a real estate
bonanza for Telstra.

cheers
Marty