Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Mr President. It is clear that fibre to the premise is expensive. It is over $4,000 per premise. Nbn have had a trial of a variation of fibre-to-the-node product. It is not fibre to the premise; it is a variation of a fibre-to-the-node product, which is no secret, because nbn announced that they were doing it—no stunning revelation. Nbn seeks to do that which is most cost effective.