<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>So many assumptions when none of us have all the facts.<br><br><div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div>-------------</div><div>Andrew Oskam</div></div><div><br>On 14/08/2010, at 10:05 AM, "Tim McCullagh" <<a href="mailto:technical@halenet.com.au">technical@halenet.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><strong>"Where does your assumption, that replacing Telstra's copper with
NBNCo fibre reduces competition, come
from?"</strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></blockquote>
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<div class="gmail_quote" style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Your kidding aren't you.</strong></font></div>
<div class="gmail_quote" style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>If you have 3 fixed networks currently and all the
IP traffic from them is going to be moved to NBN (monopoly PMG style network)
and the copper is to be shutdown then where is the competition going to
come from? NBNco will have you by the short and
curlys. NBNco will dictate what you can have, there will be
no other option. You won't be able to have adsl because the copper
won't be available</strong></font></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote" style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">I suggest you read the 25million NBN report recommendations
and other articles in the public domain about what is being
proposed. I would also suggest that quiet a lot of people that
think they are going to get fibre may be disappointed and in some cases may
end up with a 12MB service of sat or maybe wireless. Mostly in
regional areas or city fringe areas.</font> </strong></div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>
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