There's daylight between Telstra and iiNet in terms of market size and ability to abuse market power (and Telstra have a fairly spotty record here). Not to mention the monopoly that Telstra do already have on fixed copper (we're not talking about businesses that just offer Internet connectivity any more) and the "operational separation" that they claim is widely known and proven by repeated "slips" to be a sham.<div>
<br></div><div>Adam clearly wanted to be bought. The ACCC shouldn't stop that - but they do have the power to stop a purchase that would be considered too detrimental to competition. I think they did the right thing.</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 August 2013 09:17, Peter Tiggerdine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ptiggerdine@gmail.com" target="_blank">ptiggerdine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Is it me of is ACCC playing favoritism with every other ISP other than Telstra?<div><br></div><div>iiNet have both the number one, two and three carrier in SA now outside of Telstra and Optus</div><div><br></div><div>Seems to me the politics is getting in the way of what is supposed to me an impartial body.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Skeeve Stevens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>See: <a href="http://www.crn.com.au/News/352427,iinet-to-spend-60m-on-adam-internet.aspx?eid=4&edate=20130806&utm_source=20130806&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter" target="_blank">http://www.crn.com.au/News/352427,iinet-to-spend-60m-on-adam-internet.aspx?eid=4&edate=20130806&utm_source=20130806&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter</a></div>
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