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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Easier to lay cable in the Ocean then to dig trenches through roads etc.</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 28 September 2012 3:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] News: Minister Conroy contemplating Government-Funded undersea cable?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 11:42 +1000, Sean K. Finn wrote: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><a href="http://www.itnews.com.au/News/317202,conroy-mulls-government-funded-subsea-fibre-link.aspx">http://www.itnews.com.au/News/317202,conroy-mulls-government-funded-subsea-fibre-link.aspx</a></b><br>
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<b>Threatens 'unfettered power' to drive down prices.</b><br>
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Communications minister Stephen Conroy has threatened to fund a new submarine link between Australia and the US out of the National Broadband Network budget if international pricing does not fall to reasonable levels.<o:p></o:p></p>
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LOL, friday arvo funnies... Did conroy start drinking early?<br>
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it's apparently cheaper to get a per MB price to L.A on southern cross cable, than per MB on NBN at 10km's<o:p></o:p></p>
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