Re: here's the rub .
Exactly - I'm expecting the FTTP termination box to be installed on my house within the next month (we've received written confirmation of this phase of the rollout), and I'm chuffed to be getting the 'original unmolested' iteration of the NBN. BUT I already get ADSL2+ sync speeds around the 17/2 mark...
There are so many other areas that would be in-line with the NBN fibre trunks that should be getting the service before us.
$700k would also connect a non-trivial number of nodes to the network, even at the over inflated rubbish price-per-node estimates currently being used.
What a waste.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
