These are the muddy and broken copper phone lines NBN Co is buying from Telstra

By Lucy Battersby and Marc Moncrief
Updated September 20 2015 - 10:08am, first published September 14 2015 - 7:43pm
Telephone lines near Ryde Joinery in Punchbowl, which have been out of order since April. .
 Photo: Wolter Peeters
Telephone lines near Ryde Joinery in Punchbowl, which have been out of order since April. . Photo: Wolter Peeters
Ryde Joinery in Punchbowl have bad Telstra copper cables - the same cables the NBN plans to use. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Ryde Joinery in Punchbowl have bad Telstra copper cables - the same cables the NBN plans to use. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Steve Ryan, Head Estimator at Ryde Joinery in Punchbowl. The business can only claim a tenth of the compensation it should get, because of Mass Service Disruption notices.  Photo: Wolter Peeters, Wolter Peeters W
Steve Ryan, Head Estimator at Ryde Joinery in Punchbowl. The business can only claim a tenth of the compensation it should get, because of Mass Service Disruption notices. Photo: Wolter Peeters, Wolter Peeters W
NBN Co technicians will have to remediate the copper network where it is needed for the FTTN upgrade Photo: Rob Homer
NBN Co technicians will have to remediate the copper network where it is needed for the FTTN upgrade Photo: Rob Homer
NBN Co's fibre optic cables.  Photo: Glenn Hunt
NBN Co's fibre optic cables. Photo: Glenn Hunt

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