The real problem with the NBN is that the theoretical maximum speed of the network not what is offered to customers is 1 Gbps . But that ' s upgraded , under ideal conditions and a speed that absolutely no one in the general public is ever going to see . Meanwhile , many countries are already offering or just about to offer 1 Gbps networks , with some countries already looking towards 10 Gbps networks . What ' s going to happen in 10 ish years when the NBN rollout is finally complete ? Well our broadband infrastructure is grossly outofdate , so we ' re going to need to spend more of the taxpayer ' s money to upgrade the network . The NBN is a cashgrab for the Government , nothing more . But the majority of the Australian People are too stupid to realize this , and have happily supported the Government ' s plans for the NBN . The NBN is an improvement over what we have now , but anyone whom thinks it ' s anything more than a cashgrab is kidding themselves .