2013 Australian Federal Election: Which of the major parties has the better broadband plan in your opinion?

Neither. The more interesting benefits of the NBN (frex specialists being able to talk isolated doctors through complex surgical procedures etc) are all about overcoming Australia's tyranny of distance - but rural Australia won't be on the fibre network. The benefits either do not require fibre or will not eventuate. The only advantage fibre has over copper is upload speed - not something that most people care about. The Liberal's plan though depends on the copper telephone network - which Telstra has run into the ground over the last 30 years. It isn't 'aging' it is neglected. And 30 years of neglect means that it is cactus. So we have a choice between an overpriced white elephant from Labor or a broken down system from the Coalition. A better plan would be a full investigation into the management of Telstra, and hold management financially responsible for the repairs that their skimping has made necessary.

Here are some of the technical differences between what both parties are advocating: The difference will be in how each party plans to roll out the NBN. The Coalition vouches for a Fibre to the Node (FTTN) design, which essentially means that the fibre optic cables will not be connected to houses directly. They want to run the fibre into street security "cabinets" where each individual house can connect to this cabinet via their old copper wiring. This is less costly in the short term, but intuitively speaking, means lower internet speed and quality. The Labour party are advocating a Fibre to the Home (FTTH) design, which means that each home will be connected directly to the NBN fibre optic network, allowing for much greater speeds. The FTTH will obviously cost more in a short term perspective, but the long term benefits may outweigh that of Coalition's half/half approach. Hope this helps :) Resource: http://blog.iinet.net.au/election-2013-deciding-broadband-future/

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Buying of Telstra and Optus copper and HFC cables will be a waste of Australian's Taxes. Once the Coalition's NBN covered whole Australia, everything is obsolete. Labor's FTTP/FTTH is the current trend when it comes to the internet and was requested by entrepreneurs since 2007.