What are you all crying about? The article clearly states that any additional funds will be raised from private investors & not government.
So relax, your precious tax income isnt being spent.
Also if you read the article instead of shouting that the sky is falling, it says:
"While 20 per cent of premises will get fibre connections, 38 per cent will get fibre to the node and 34 per cent will access the NBN using the hybrid fibre coaxial cables that supply Foxtel services."
HFC connections offer gigabit speeds & not the doomsday 25mbps.
f**k me, everyone has turned into a telecommunications engineer/capital coordinator.