#5 Stephen Rue, Paul Fletcher explain the major NBN network upgrade

This week we deep dive into the $4.5b investment in upgrading NBN's residential and business networks with more fibre.

In this episode we hear from:

• [1.44] NBN CEO Stephen Rue explaining the detail of the GPON upgrade to half the FTTN footprint and the expansion of the business fibre plan
• [6.25] Communications minister Paul Fletcher who explains to me the reasoning behind the network upgrade and why now and not before or later
• [11.02] CommsDay editor Rohan Pearce who discusses the financials behind the plan
• [17.37] CommsDay chief editor Simon Dux who spoke with the major RSPs this week and garnered their reactions
• [24.55] and I give my own take on what it all means in terms of broadband demand and willingness to pay