Tony Abbott has said he thinks it is “hugely implausible” that the speeds on the National Broadband Network could easily increase by a factor of 10 to the 1 gigabit per second maximum speed now being claimed by the NBN. For his benefit (and the benefit of confused voters), we’re here to explain in simple terms why such a scenario is plausible, even though it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get that speed directly into your house.
It seems likely that mandatory filtering Labor-style won’t survive as a policy no matter who gets elected, and that’s good news. But as detestable as Labor’s policy was, it could be much, much worse. Family First has an even more extreme proposal that includes making users pay directly for a compulsory filter.
