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

By Matthew Knott
Updated September 29 2016 - 11:13pm, first published 4:57pm
Malcolm Turnbull said the Optus cables would allow the government to deliver a cheaper NBN more quickly. Photo: Andrew Meares
Malcolm Turnbull said the Optus cables would allow the government to deliver a cheaper NBN more quickly. Photo: Andrew Meares
Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott announce the Coalition's NBN policy in 2013. Photo: Angus Mordant
Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott announce the Coalition's NBN policy in 2013. Photo: Angus Mordant

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

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