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--></style></head><body lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">That’s not an unusual anomaly; It’s also cheaper for me to fly 1000km from Sydney to Brisbane than it is for me to get a cab 20km to the airport.</span></p>
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<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>Noel Butler<br>
<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></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 11:42 +1000, Sean K. Finn wrote: </p><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>
<br><b> </b><br><br><b>Threatens 'unfettered power' to drive down prices.</b><br><br>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.<br>
<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>LOL, friday arvo funnies... Did conroy start drinking early?<br><br>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<br>
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