Turnbull confirms NBN board changes Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull prefers not to use the term "shake-up" but he has confirmed there will be changes to the board of the national broadband network (NBN) provider under a coalition government. Shake-up was a term used by someone else, Mr Turnbull told reporters in Geelong on Thursday. What we have said is that we would expect to see considerable changes both at board level and in the management of NBN (Co), absolutely. Management performance had been unsatisfactory, demonstrated by many missed rollout targets. Mr Turnbull defended the coalition's NBN plan from criticism it would be more expensive for regional and rural customers, saying there would be a uniform wholesale cap set by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. "So country people cannot be charged more simply because it is, as we all know, much more expensive to provide telecommunications in the bush," he said. Mr Turnbull said the opposition plan was developed in consultation with coalition partners the Nationals, including regional communications spokesman Luke Hartsuyker. He also discussed it with Nationals MP Bruce Scott on Thursday morning. He is delighted, as are some of his local communities in Maranoa, about the opportunity for co-investment. Local councils want to put their own money to enhance wireless and broadband coverage generally. The coalition policy had the flexibility to accommodate that, Mr Turnbull said. Mr Turnbull says it's wiser to build for current broadband demand and worry about upgrading speeds later. He says the coalition's proposed $20.4 billion fibre to the node broadband network has the capacity to be improved when demand emerges. "If you want to not waste money, if you want to be smart ... then you invest to meet the demand of today and in the foreseeable future," Mr Turnbull told reporters in Geelong on Thursday. He said that plan gave the country flexibility as demand changed and as technology changed so upgrades could be made with the most up-to-date and cost-effective solution. "If you think you've got demand coming in 30 years time, the time to make the investment to meet that demand is maybe in 29 years time or 25 years time," he said. Labor has a more expensive $37.4 billion NBN plan, which is to be finished three years later in 2021 but has much higher speeds. The coalition plan offers download speeds of 25 megabits per second, against Labor's 100Mbps. Mr Turnbull said all Australians would achieve a minimum 25 megabits per second. And places with a greater need for higher speed internet such as hospitals, schools and business hubs, would have access to fibre straight to the building, he said. Small businesses run from home would have to pay several thousand dollars to have fibre connected. Mr Turnbull said under the coalition's plan, every Australian would have access to fast broadband by 2016.