billion . A large part of NBN Co ’ s new budget of $ 41 billion could end up in Telstra ’ s pocket after a deal is reached , considering the assets NBN will be acquiring from the company are worth more now than they were in 2011 . The government will also be looking to buy Telstra ’ s hybrid fibre-coaxial cable network and is currently negotiating to also buy the company ’ s copper .
With Telstra participating in building two big pilot FTTN networks in New South Wales and Queensland , involvement in the countrywide FTTN rollout would not be a surprise .
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