[Sats]

I am a Telstra line technician, and I can guarantee that the copper will be removed and sold once the NBN is fully functional.

That being said, the Government is hugely under estimating the cost and time to complete the project. Ten years is laughable.

For example, the test release area of Minnamurra NSW, only 15kms from where I live had a budget of $12 million. From what I understand they actually spent closer to $60 million in the area, with many unforeseen issues slowing the rollout down, and blowing budgets out the window.

They also lack the man power to meet their targets, the majority of work being completed by contractors currently. If they had half a brain they would contract Telstra field staff for the task.

Hope you're in one of the areas that gets rolled out in the initial stages before the liberals come back into power and throw a curve ball.