The network was initially estimated to cost A$15 billion including a government contribution of A$4.7 billion which would be raised in part by selling the Federal Government's remaining shares in Telstra. The initial proposal would see fibre to the node (FTTN) technology for 98% of Australian households with a minimum speed of 12 Mbit/s, and the remaining 2% would 'have improved broadband services'. The opposition Labor Party proposed that if elected, it would commence the construction of a 'super fast' national broadband network (NBN).

There were two other proposed options, for 6Mbit/s for $2.6B and 1.5Mbit/s for $1.1B. This is one of the earliest uses of 'National Broadband Plan', the origin of the $4.7 billion of Government equity to build a 12Mbit/s FTTN NBN, '94% Rural' and '99% Urban'. Australian Securities Exchange continuous disclosure rules forced the presentation to be shared with all investors, published on Telstra & ASX sites.

On 11 August 2005 Sol Trujillo, the newly appointed CEO of Telstra, gave his first presentation, 'The Digital Compact & National Broadband Plan: Enabling Regulatory Reform' to both the Howard government and select investors. Initial attempts to engage key businesses in Australian telecommunications in planning and development and implementation and operation failed with NBN Co being set up in 2010 to have carriage of the 'largest infrastructure' project in Australia's history.Ĭompletion of the project is anticipated to be in the early 2020s.Ģ006–2007 Pre-2007 federal election The National Broadband Network had its origins in 2006 when the Federal Labor Opposition led by Kim Beazley committed the Australian Labor Party, if elected to government to a 'super-fast' national broadband network. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. The reason given is: missing progress from 2020 many predictions have passed.

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