"Overly ambitious" actually means bat-crazy impractical "Overly ambitious" actually means grandiose Labor was utterly impractical, and now blames others for the NBN becoming a white elephant: FORMER communications minister Stephen Conroy has made the rare admission that Labor was "overly ambitious" with its National Broadband Network rollout targets and "clearly underestimated" working with the construction industry... Senator Conroy said it was "undeniable" that the NBN Co had failed to meet its targets ... [but] any major delays to the NBN would fall squarely on Malcolm Turnbull's shoulders... (The targets) were always ambitious. We wanted to get going," Senator Conroy said... He said Labor would not have been so aggressive "if we realised how tough it was for the company (NBN Co) ." That was an area where we were overly ambitious... I think we underestimated the capacity of the construction industry to respond... I think it's fair to say the construction model could be legitimately criticised. He said the fibre rollout was "significantly lagging due to the failure of the construction industry to mobilise resources." Great phrase, "overly ambitious." It suggests an excess of virtue, rather than of complete know-nothingness and vanity. The NBN roll out is delayed? Overly ambitious. The NBN costs blow out? Subscription numbers are in the toilet? Tens of billions of dollars wasted?