claim: Jefferson Davis grew up on cotton plantations in the United States.
evidence: The National Broadband Network -LRB- NBN -RRB- is an Australian national wholesale open-access data network project with both wired , and radio communication components being rolled out and operated by NBN Co Limited -LRB- nbn ™ -RRB- .. national. National ( distribution ). wholesale. wholesale. open-access. Open-access network. data network. Telecommunications network. wired. wired communication. radio communication. Radiocommunication service. NBN Co. NBN Co. Rationales for this national telecommunications infrastructure project included replacing the existing copper cable telephony network which is approaching end of life , For example , most of Australia 's copper network is affected by water due to extensive use of faulty gel for insulation in the past , see and the rapidly growing demand for internet access to support a growing range of services .. Australia. Australia. national. National ( distribution ). existing copper cable telephony network. Plain old telephone service. end of life. End-of-life ( product ). internet. internet. The largest infrastructure project in Australia 's history , it has been the subject of significant political contention and was an issue in the 2013 federal election .. Australia. Australia. 2013 federal election. Australian federal election, 2013. As originally proposed wired connections would have provided up to 100 Mbit / s , later increased to 1 Gbit / s ; after the election of the Abbott government in 2013 this was downgraded to a minimum of 25 Mbit / s .. wired. wired communication. Abbott government. Abbott government. The first Rudd government had proposed to develop a modern optical fibre telecommunications network to provide broadband access to 93 % of the Australian population at 100 Mbit / s , with those areas and people outside the network footprint to be provided broadband access through fixed wireless and geosynchronous telecommunications satellite .. first Rudd government. Rudd Government ( 2007–10 ). optical fibre. optical fiber. Tony Abbott , as Leader of the Opposition , and Malcolm Turnbull , as Shadow Minister for Communications , took a very antagonistic approach to the proposal arguing that the demand for such a service was not significant , Statements by Abbott and Turnbull on the need for broadband  :. Tony Abbott. Tony Abbott. Leader of the Opposition. Leader of the Opposition. Malcolm Turnbull. Malcolm Turnbull. Shadow Minister. Shadow minister. Turnbull stated that 12 Mbps would adequately address the need .. See Tim Lohman , -LRB- 28 October 2010 -RRB- , 12Mbps enough for all applications  : Turnbull , Computerworld and Rodney Gedda , -LRB- 29 October 2010 -RRB- , Never say ` that 's enough ' for any -LRB- NBN -RRB- application , Techworld Australia. Australia. Australia. Abbott argued a national LTE network could meet the need , with a tower on every street corner .. national. National ( distribution ). See Stilgherrian , -LRB- 16 August 2010 -RRB- , Coalition broadband  : a wireless tower in every street , Crikey and Barrie Cassidy , -LRB- 15 August 2010 -RRB- , Abbott defends Coalition 's broadband plan , Insiders , ABC TV and thus the estimated cost was too high and the timeline for implementation too long .. With the election of the Abbott government in 2013 , rollout of Fibre to the Premises was limited to those areas already in development with a delay on new development imposed as Turnbull -LRB- then Minister for Communications -RRB- appointed a number of committees to advise him on future directions .. Abbott government. Abbott government. Later implementation of the Multi-Technological Mix -LRB- MTM -RRB- began with the promise of earlier completion and significant cost savings compared to the earlier approach .. The predominant change was the adoption of a mixed copper-optical technology with Fibre to the Node -LRB- FTTN -RRB- .. Retail service providers -LRB- RSPs -RRB- , typically Internet Service Providers , contract with nbn ™ to access the NBN and sell fixed internet access to end users .. Internet Service Providers. Internet Service Providers. internet. internet. end users. end users. The NBN network , at 2017 , draws together wired communication  : copper , optical and hybrid fibre-coaxial ; and radio communication  : satellite and fixed wireless networks at 121 Points of Interconnect -LRB- POI -RRB- typically located in Telstra owned telephone exchanges throughout Australia .. Australia. Australia. wired. wired communication. radio communication. Radiocommunication service. wired communication. wired communication. hybrid fibre-coaxial. hybrid fibre-coaxial. Telstra. Telstra. telephone exchanges. telephone exchanges. It also sells access for mobile telecommunication backhaul to mobile telecommunications providers .. mobile telecommunication. Mobile telephony. backhaul. Backhaul ( telecommunications ). nbn has stated that there is no significant demand for wired connections above 25 Mbit / s and consideration of upgrading the network will not be undertaken until demand for high-bandwidth services is proven .. wired. wired communication