Re: NBN Could Drive Up Housing Costs
Rod Speed
Farts wrote
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/17/2745545.htm?section=business
> If they want to connect to the NBN then shouldn't they have to pay
> what it costs to connect?
> But are they saying that they (the developers) have to pay the cost
> of laying fibre in the housing estates and that they (the developers)
> will pass this cost onto the land buyer/house builders, as they do with
> everything else that costs to develop a paddock into a neighborhood?
Yep.
> I suppose there is also the issue of people not wanting the NBN, but
> that hardly seems likely.
Depends entire on how much it costs to use it, stupid.
> And what about existing homes? What will it cost them?
Time will tell, stupid.
> Article Below:
> NBN could drive up housing costs
Wota terminal fuckwit.
> Concerns have been raised
Only by fools.
> that the cost of connecting new houses to the National Broadband Network
> will deter developers and drive first home buyers out of the market.
Only by fools.
> The Housing Industry Association in Tasmania has warned it will cost
> an extra $3,000 to $5,000 to connect to the $43 billion fibre-optic network,
Those numbers are straight from their arse, you can tell from the smell.
> on top of existing infrastructure levies for water and sewerage.
Must be one of those rocket scientist fuckwits.
> The Association's Stuart Clues
He got that name because he doesnt have even a single one.
> said new home buyers alone should not have to bear the extra costs.
OK, then ask Santa to pay for it.
> "It's a multi-generational investment
So is water, sewerage, power etc etc etc, fuckwit.
> and the burden needs to be spread over those generations that are
> going to have the benefit of that particular infrastructure," he said.
Wota terminal fuckwit.
> "That's true of broadband as it would be of any other infrastructure development."
Wota terminal fuckwit.
> Martin Harris from Tasmania's Real Estate Institute said that added to
> new water infrastructure charges, the costs must be borne by somebody.
Must be one of those rocket scientist fuckwits.
> "Potentially these increases must impact on house prices
Must be one of those rocket scientist fuckwits.
> and that's what we're really concerned about as an industry because that is
> going to be a further deterrent to people wanting to buy their new home," he said.
Wota terminal fuckwit.
> The Federal Government is expected to make connection to
> the NBN mandatory in all new developments from next July.
The federal govt doesnt get to do that, fuckwit.
> Digital Tasmania wants the Government to clarify home connection costs.
> Spokesman Andrew Connor believes the estimates are based
> on a pre-NBN practice in connecting new housing developments.
> "That is when a new subdivision is built the developer has to foot the
> cost of the whole new development for fibre optics to the home," he said.
> "But with the NBN, the most expensive parts of that are going to be
> handled by the government.
> "That is the cheaper cables into the home are still put in at no cost to the home owner.
That claim is straight from his arse. You can tell from the smell.
> "In all of this we'd like to see it clarified by the government
> or the NBN company in the near future," he said.
Yawn.