As anybody with the slightest technical knowledge of networks knew from the beginning, the FTTN model was never financially viable. The cost of the nodes, maintenance of the nodes, power to the street to power the nodes, the maintenance of ageing copper and complexity of multiple connection types and therefore multiple NTD types for different premises was always going to be more expensive. None of that was necessary with FTTP. That has now been proven to be correct many, many times over. Add to this the sheer volume of band-aid solutions and lack of communication between each party and the labor required to those issues and you have possibly the most inefficient business model that has ever existed. And the fault of this particular aspect, which overall is the reason the project is such a joke right now, is purely the fault of the coalition. Originally, the plan to simply replace copper with fibre was visionary and, as much as is possible when talking about large scale technological upgrades, relatively simple.

Worst of all - you don't attempt to justify any of this, or proceed with any transparency whatsoever. You're like the modern day Illuminati, only using taxpayer dollars and private jets to fund your fat exec bonuses. Using high-level corporate connections to quell media empires so the general public hear very little. In fact, Mr Morrow, you hilariously claim that so many of the issues are simply 'teething' issues and that retailers expectations being set are too high. Really? It's been 10 years Bill, and the technology being used is obsolete. How long are teething issues expected to occur? There's no doubt pressure to get this as completed as possible by the next election in order to shout 'hooray we've reached nearly 100% of premises earlier than expected'. Never mind the cost has gone from $29.5b (LNP quote for 2013 election) to $49b so far, is disgustingly inadequate and the rollout itself has been almost criminally incompetent.

For anybody who wants to read more into this or thinks that my opinions expressed in this piece aren't largely grounded in fact, I implore you to read in full, as I have, the following articles (especially the first two):

No witty end to this highly opinionated (but correct) rant. I really, really hope a governing body that oversees fair market operations steps in here soon. I wouldn't hate Bill Morrow being hit by a bus tomorrow either.