With Prime Minister Turnbull spruiking innovation but struggling in the polls, time is running out for people hoping he'll backflip on the hotch potch Multi-Technology Mix NBN.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has finally put his cards on the table, promising should Labor win government on July 2 it will instruct NBN Co to stop rolling out fibre to the node (FttN) in favour of deploying fibre to the premises (FttP) – running fibre all the way to people's homes.

The change would mean that fibre would run to "up to two million more" Australian homes and businesses, doubling the size of the FttP footprint. It would also ensure that all new greenfields estates were fitted with fibre.

Shorten's policy is not a return to Labor's original plan to run FttP to 93 per cent of Australian premises, serving the rest via satellite or fixed-wireless. Should Labor win this election, Shorten proposes to keep the HFC pay TV cable networks in the NBN mix – it's a done deal which will serve about a third of Australian premises.