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--></style></head><body lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">What is there to discuss? Do you honestly think NBN/Telstra are going to cut their huge profits just to satisfy the market, they have shareholders to answer to & $40b to repay, why would they? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean K. Finn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 28 September 2012 11:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>'<br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] News: Minister Conroy contemplating Government-Funded undersea cable?</span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><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></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Threatens 'unfettered power' to drive down prices.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Discuss!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p></div>
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