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<div>If aggregation is such a possible and desirable outcome in the NBN world why isn't it happening now with Band 3 exchanges? I accept the economics of DSLAMs in band 3 are poor for individual access seekers but presumably a wholesaler who aggregated demand could make a case for Band 3 LSS deployments, especially given the complaints about TW. To the best of my knowledge the last 4,500 of 5,000 ESAs remain unsullied by competitive DSLAMs to this day....</div>
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<div>Given the obvious opportunity for aggregation now and the reluctance of anyone to bite the bull by the horns, what specific drivers will encourage this to change when the implied "minimum bar" in terms of "volume" transit and backhaul requirements in regional Australia (ie higher speeds, higher quotas) actually increase dramatically? (along with implied access cost - $25-30 NBN entry price compared with $2.50 LSS price today).<br>
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<div>I can't actually see where the incentive lies for a smaller carrier to stay in the market or to specifically go to regional Australia when they don't now....and I am aware of the new Nextgen cable (is that the solution???)<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 15 August 2010 19:17, Paul Brooks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pbrooks-ausnog@layer10.com.au">pbrooks-ausnog@layer10.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div text="#000066" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="#000000"><br></font>My main concern is not actually the NBN access network portion. My main concern is that most of the smaller ISPs won't have engaged with NBNCo and set up wholesale access arrangements, and set up network backhaul links to the POIs as they are established,</div>
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<div>Just like now a lot of smaller ISPs will purchase access to the last mile via aggregators. A lot of people buy TW tails via Optus or buy Optus via yet another layer of aggregators. I don't see this changing. It'll come down to individual levels of sophistication and an evaluation of "build vs buy". But I'm pretty sure that any ISP who has customers will find a way of keeping that customer. Aggregators will also want to keep their slice of the pie so will help ISPs who use their services.</div>
</blockquote></div></div>Nod - I hope people are engaging with aggregators that are engaging with NBNco then :-)<br><br>P.<br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
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