93 per cent from the original 90 per cent. NBN Co Request for tender (RFT) (April 2010) In April 2010, NBN Co began a tender for the major FTTP rollout. Fourteen vendors submitted a proposal; however, NBN Co suspended the process on , as the prices were 'unacceptably high'. Abbott and Turnbull rejection of NBN (July–October 2010) Tony Abbott, as Leader of the Opposition, and Malcolm Turnbull, as Shadow Minister for Communications, indicated in 2010 that they would 'demolish' the NBN. They argued that the demand for such a service was not significant, and thus the estimated cost was too high and the timeline for implementation too long. First customers (July 2010) The first customers connected in . 2010 election (21 August 2010) 3 days before the election, at the 2010 Charles Todd Memorial Oration of the Australian Computer Society, Mike Quigley attacked the Coalition broadband proposals in breach of the Caretaker conventions 2010 Australian federal election with the election of the minority Gillard government led to priority being given to regional and rural areas. Also an increase in the peak speed to one gigabit per second was announced in response to Google Fiber Business plan (20 December 2010) NBN Co released its business plan on , including forecasts and network design. Changes to the Business plan included an increase in the peak speed to one gigabit per second, in response to Google Fiber and giving 'priority' to regional and rural areas during the rollout following the events after the 2010 election. It has been argued that the early sites chosen for the NBN were selected due to political reasons. Trial rollout in Tasmania (2010) Tasmania was selected as the first state to begin the rollout of the NBN, based on the Tasmanian Government's 'shovel ready' submission to the RFP for the original NBN. A new company, NBN Tasmania (previously Tasmania NBN Co), was formed on to build the NBN in Tasmania. The company was planned to be a joint-venture between NBN Co, Aurora Energy and the Tasmanian Government. The Tasmanian Government also floated an idea to invest in Aurora Energy to get access to its fibre network; however, the joint-venture and deal were both cancelled on when the negotiations reached an impasse. Although the joint-venture was cancelled, Aurora Energy still plays a role in the construction of the NBN in Tasmania. The trial rollout in Tasmania comprises three stages.