Conroy attacks Liberals "half-baked" NBN alternative plans

The Liberals unveiled their plans for for the NBN if they were to win the then election this week, with Malcolm Turnbull, the Liberal Party's Shadow Minister for Broadband and Communication, laying out the party's plans to attendees at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch in Sydney on Wednesday.

The proposed action plan

As part of the proposed action plan, Turnbull revealed that should the Government regain power, the Liberals would ask the Productivity Commission to perform a cost-benefit analysis on the best way to deliver high-speed Internet to Australians, previously re-negotiating the Government's deal with Telstra regarding the long-term leasing of their ducts and equipment announced last month.

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy went on the attack on Friday, labelling the Liberals planned alternative to the NBN as an "inferior, patchwork network" which will make Australians "second class citizens."

The Coalition's plan

"The Coalition's plan would be to stop the NBN's progress in its tracks and substitute it with an inferior, patchwork network in other words cobbled at the same time with bits and pieces of outdated and worn out copper infrastructure that will deliver a substandard and more costly service to many Australians," he said in a statement.

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