'A lemon': NBN backflips, abandons plan to use Optus cables it purchased for $800 million

By Matthew Knott
Updated September 29 2016 - 11:16am, first published 11:15am
NBN optic fire. Photo: Glenn Hunt
NBN optic fire. Photo: Glenn Hunt

THE National Broadband Network (NBN) has dumped its plan to use Optus cables to deliver high-speed broadband less than a year after rubbishing reports the $800 million network it purchased from the telco was in a dire state and may be unusable.

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