http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2012/06/14/3524848.htm That all roads point to the requirement of optic fibre being implemented deep into both wired and wireless networks. The future is indeed wireless, but it's mostly WiFi and not 4G. Wireless technologies need to be primarily methods of connecting to nearby fibre networks. That Australian mobile networks will soon have to join the US and UK in offloading data onto local WiFi networks in order to avoid congestion. That a 4G mobile user uses 28x more data than a 3G user. That new wireless spectrum needs to be opened up as quickly as possible to cope with growth. That as much wireless traffic as possible needs to be seamlessly offloaded onto the wired networks to avoid congestion. There is a huge increasing requirement for low-latency data transfer and high upload speeds. That a fibre to the node infrastructure which relies on a 'last mile' premises connection using Australia's current copper infrastructure, current HFC networks or fixed 4G-like wireless won't have the symmetry, contention ratio, bandwidth or latency to keep up with demand by 2016. That fibre needs to be very nearby every internet connection whether wired or wireless. via NBN stats: Australia's broadband future and why the Coalition's alternative 'won't work' – Blog – ABC Technology and Games (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).