The contract for Australia's fibre-to-the-node network is now up for grabs but the government has been accused of trying to return Australian broadband to a monopoly system which is just the way the G9 likes it, according to Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy.
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If there's fibre running to the node down my street by the end of 2009, I'll eat my own shoes with mustard sauce.
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Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.
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