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The case to reset the NBN business model

NBN Co's latest profit result shows a business in good shape and more than capable of making its extraordinary COVID-19 data concessions a permanent feature.

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It is fraught writing anything positive about NBN Co because of the vicious backlash from those who hate anything to do with a wholesale broadband network that does not provide fibre to every home.

The zealots will never be happy until the NBN is forced to provide fibre to each and every one of the country's 8 million premises no matter what it costs or how long it takes. Challenging the zealots risks extreme personal abuse on social media.

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Tony Boyd is the former Chanticleer columnist. He has more than 35 years' experience as a finance journalist. Connect with Tony on Twitter. Email Tony at tony.boyd@afr.com

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