Paul Budde comments in his BuddeBlog on 6 November 2015

‘If you abandon national FttH (fibre to the home)you also undermine the infrastructure required by the new economy. … The MTM [multi technology mix] leads to the Balkanisation of infrastructure in Australia and will favour companies such as Telstra and TPG. … The NBN Co will remain bleak from a financial position. … All of this becomes an even sadder story day by day, as at the same time it becomes clear that the trumped up costs of an FttH-based NBN were wrong. … The second rate roll out is going to cost roughly the same as the original FttH rollout.’

See link to full article below.

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2015/11/6/technology/nbn-business-model-rails-0