Sorry, should have been more specific.  I know the firm was named, but does anyone know them, had dealings, known of prior projects O/S, etc..<div><br></div><div>Brent<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Shaun Deans :: BlueFibre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:s.deans@bluefibre.com.au">s.deans@bluefibre.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Lets try that again….</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">In the article that you posted Brent</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black">The deal with Brisbane-based multinational i3 Asia Pacific would provide homes and businesses access to 100 megabits-per-second broadband, the same speeds the federal Labor government plans to offer on its broadband network.</span></p>

<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black">i3 would act as a wholesaler, providing broadband capability to existing telecommunication retailers, such as Telstra and Optus</span></p>

<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black">He said i3 Asia Pacific was rolling out a similar scheme for the whole of Scotland and had successfully operated similar schemes in the United Kingdom since 2002.</span></p>

<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black">About 15,000 homes per month would be able to access the network after the rollout begins.</span></p>

<div class="im"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Paddon<br>

<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 14 October 2010 6:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Brisbane gets "NBN" early??</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">

 </p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#500050"><a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/we-cant-wait-for-nbn-superfast-broadband-for-brisbane-20101014-16kvr.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#114170">http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/we-cant-wait-for-nbn-superfast-broadband-for-brisbane-20101014-16kvr.html</span></a></span></p>

<div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#500050">Supposedly rolling out from early next year.  No other details yet.  Anyone know of the firm involved?<br clear="all">

</span><br>-- <br>--<br>Brent Paddon<br><br>Director | Over the Wire Pty Ltd <a href="mailto:brent.paddon@overthewire.com.au" target="_blank">brent.paddon@overthewire.com.au</a> | <a href="http://www.overthewire.com.au" target="_blank">www.overthewire.com.au</a><br>

Phone: 07 3847 9292 | Fax: 07 3847 9696 | Mobile: 0400 2400 54</p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>--<br>Brent Paddon<br><br>Director | Over the Wire Pty Ltd <a href="mailto:brent.paddon@overthewire.com.au">brent.paddon@overthewire.com.au</a> | <a href="http://www.overthewire.com.au">www.overthewire.com.au</a><br>

Phone: 07 3847 9292 | Fax: 07 3847 9696 | Mobile: 0400 2400 54<br>
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