Back-up batteries for NBN Co FTTP customers to be optional

摘要

NBN Co's 2012-15 Corporate Plan, released yester said: "Following consultation with the shareholder ministers, the 2012-15 corporate plan assumes that end-users will be able to nominate whether or not they want NBN Co to provide battery backup...It is now assumed that 50 percent of fibre end-users will elect not to have battery backup, with a consequent reduction in capital expenditure."