Four corners: What's wrong with the NBN?

Kevin Rudd's NBN comments starting 5:26:

Malcolm Turnbull's comments on NBN:

Lateline - NBN debate: Malcolm Turnbull vs Anthony Albanese - 12/08/2013:

In the latest – State of the Internet Q1 2017 Report – produced by CDN cloud service provider Akamai. Australia, one of the wealthiest nations in the world (per capita) lies a dismal 39th for average connectivity speed (Mbps), slipping from 29th in Q1 2015.

https://www.akamai.com/us/en/multimedia/documents/state-of-the-internet/q1-2017-state-of-the-internet-connectivity-report.pdf

NBN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Broadband_Network
The NBN is so slow that National Carrier Pigeon Network was launched to compete with NBN service

Update 9/1/2018 - Australia's broadband is slower than Kazakhstan's 
Australia’s fixed broadband is below Kazakhstan on a global ranking of internet speeds, with performance continuing to be below the global average. The Ookla Speed Test Global Index ranked Australia as 55th in the world for fixed broadband in December, with an average download speed of 25.88 Mbps.
https://www.speedtest.net/global-index