<html><head><base href="x-msg://407/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Renai @ ZDNet has this to say....<div><br></div><div><i>"Let me be the first to condemn the proposed buyout of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia as an absolute travesty for all concerned and Australia's telecommunications industry in general."</i></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/communications/soa/Pipe-Networks-sell-out-an-absolute-travesty/0,139023754,339299494,00.htm">http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/communications/soa/Pipe-Networks-sell-out-an-absolute-travesty/0,139023754,339299494,00.htm</a></div><div><br><div><div><div>-- <br>Ben Grubb</div></div></div></div><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div><br></div></div></span></div><div><div>On 12/11/2009, at 2:53 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">All,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">If everything Bevan says in the ITNews article is true, then we probably don’t have too much to worry about.... but there is going to be the lingering concern for quite a while.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">But while Bevan’s comments now do give some confidence, he won’t be a shareholder for much longer and then who knows what influence he will wield.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">See you tonight... will certainly be one of the most interesting Pipe drinks ever... Bevan, giving away laptops again? ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">...Skeeve<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); ">--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); ">Skeeve Stevens, CEO/Technical Director<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); ">eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><a href="mailto:skeeve@eintellego.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">skeeve@eintellego.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>/<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.eintellego.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.eintellego.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); ">Phone: 1300 753 383, Fax: (+612) 8572 9954<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); ">Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 /<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="skype://skeeve" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">skype://skeeve</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://facebook.com/eintellego" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">facebook.com/eintellego</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); ">--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); ">NOC, NOC, who's there?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 4pt; "><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: windowtext; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: windowtext; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Andrew Cox<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, 12 November 2009 12:08 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [AusNOG] Soul/TPG buying Pipe ...<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><a href="http://www.itnews.com.au/News/160384,smooth-slattery-to-soothe-isp-concerns-on-pipe-sale.aspx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.itnews.com.au/News/160384,smooth-slattery-to-soothe-isp-concerns-on-pipe-sale.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><i>The SP Telemedia sale will create a vertically-integrated provider - a mini-Telstra some have suggested - and ISPs will find themselves buying wholesale connectivity from a competitor.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><i>Slattery told iTnews today that he is more than aware of the perception.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><i>"It is certainly a perceived risk," he said. "I will be sitting down with partners and customers at various functions over the next few weeks to explain the very good reasons we are doing this.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><i>"The one thing I can say, in this circumstance, is that Soul/TPG is making a very serious investment, and it would make no sense for them to then change the PIPE business. It is very important for Soul that PIPE remains as it is today.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><i>"PIPE is likely to have more wholesale products, not less. And I expect no changes in management or staff - its business as usual for PIPE after this."</i><o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>