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<p class=MsoNormal>AusNOGers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>While working on the early hours of a Saturday morning as I
know so many of us do I stumbled across this gem of an article. I’d love
to know who actually edits and fact checks this junk before they publish it
online.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://business.theage.com.au/business/fibre-to-the-home-a-musthave-only-government-can-provide-20080814-3vr0.html">http://business.theage.com.au/business/fibre-to-the-home-a-musthave-only-government-can-provide-20080814-3vr0.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Some of the quotes are absolute gold.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>“The Federal Government should build and control a
FTTH network capable of speeds of at least 100 megabits a second. This would
require a capital expenditure of about $15-20 billion but this cost is easily
justified.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>“The Government should maximise public use of a FTTH
network by charging a modest annual administration fee of $50-100 but nothing
for actual use. This would cover the network's administrative and minimal
running costs. (Maintaining our copper network reportedly costs a lot more -
about $600 million a year.)”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>“A FTTH network would give Australians free national
phone calls and fast access to the internet. And its applications would have
obvious social and commercial benefits.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>In fact I think I had a good chuckle at almost every paragraph.
Don’t even get me started on the technical points! With the cost analysis
of 98% FTTN coverage done by Pipe coming it at ~16 billion I’d love to
know how the author of this article believes an FTTH network can be built by
the government for “about 15-20 billion”. They didn’t even
reference the total population coverage and there’s only a 5 billion
dollar window in that highly scientific cost estimate – which is more
than Labor plan to contribute in total to FTTN!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Macca<o:p></o:p></p>
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