Just who will be doing the hands on?
In many parts of the world, it is easy to find and train new people to terminate fiber and put it in ditches. Australia has regulated the markets so much that you have about two years of apprenticeship to do the same thing and who wants to waste two years of their life obtaining a skill where there will be a glut when the project is finished? The skill also requires very good eyesight so the work becomes impossible for many people after their eyes start to change around age 40 so it isn't suitable for retraining older workers either.