<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 August 2010 05:41, Stephen Carter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Stephen.Carter@workingtech.com">Stephen.Carter@workingtech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Governments
(anywhere) should not be creating commercial monopolies like the NBN. We don’t
need to be in the bad “Telstra” situation in a few years time again,
only real competition can prevent that.</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br>However, there's a question as to whether having multiple infrastructure builds is the best way to foster competition.<br><br>Personally, I favour a commercial company (ala NBN Co) running the physical infrastructure in solely a wholesale manner. The commercial nature (as opposed to Govt run) would promote their flexibility and desire to drive new products, and the wholesale only nature provides the grounds for a number of competitors to compete on an even footing.<br>
<br>In the absense of that as an option, the Greens perspective (maintaining the infrastructure as government run & owned) is satisfactory, although it may decrease the incentive for NBN Co to react quickly to future changes in the landscape.<br>
<br>Obviously there's legilsative framework that needs to go in place to ensure an even footing for multiple competitors, and to stop NBN Co undercutting / providing direct retail services, but it's not insurmountable.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You have expressed
a common view with many other citizens, being that fast internet will save
money, allow you to work fast from one site etc... but you overlook the real consequences
including: wholesale off shoring and large foreign cashed up businesses destroying
the Australian ISP and CSP landscape. These are the real threats of superfast
</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Can you elaborate a little more on this?<br><br>In an NBN world, the last mile is fibre - you still have (and need if NBN Co is wholesale only) ISPs & CSPs.<br><br>What are you envisioning which would destroy the Australian ISP & CSP landscape?<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">internet, and may rather result in lower incomes and greater unemployment (opposite
to your one business view). And by the way I am a very strong supporter in
super fast internet, just not the way any political party intends to impose it on
the nation.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Do tell - how would you prefer it implemented?<br> <br></div></div>prk.<br>