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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Following Roberts argument below</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then why shouldnt the government mandate that all
Australians can only buy Australian built cars. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No more need to Government assistance to the car
industry as they will then have the economies of scale, put aside the issue of
whether those are the cars we want to buy in the same way as the nbn is
providing an asyncronous service when I want a syncronous service.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The whole argument comes down to a mater of choice
and does the government know best, put aside the issue of the fact that the
government does not have any money. The Government has to take it off
someone before it can give it to someone else.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Regards<BR> <BR>Tim<BR> <BR></DIV>
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<A title=hudrob@gmail.com href="mailto:hudrob@gmail.com">Robert Hudson</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au
href="mailto:paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au">Paul Wallace</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ausnog@lists.ausnog.net
href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AusNOG] Screw the NBN, says
TPG: We'll do our own FTTB</DIV>
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<P dir=ltr>TPG will only build it where it suits them.</P>
<P dir=ltr>Consider the fact that has been widely used (and I've never seen it
questioned) that the NBN as whole has a proposed 7% yield, whereas
commercial interests will seek a 15% yield before they will invest.</P>
<P dir=ltr>If we say 5m properties total with an average yield of 7%, but 1m
of those (the ones that will get covered by stuff like TPG are saying they
will offer) with an average yield of 15% (so just OK for commercial
investment). Those 1m properties end up being serviced by commercial
interests, leaving the govt to service the other 4m properties, which now have
an average return of only about 5% - not so attractive to the government now,
is it, or to consumers in that 80% who just had their monthly price bumped
up.</P>
<P dir=ltr>Again - the benefit of the NBN is near-ubiquitous broadband access
to all of Australia, at an equitable price for all. It becomes a service to
the nation that enables the country to keep up with other nations as the world
becomes globalised and connectivity becomes the differentiator between the
rich and poor globally.</P>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 17/09/2013 7:04 PM, "Paul Wallace" <<A
href="mailto:paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au">paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au</A>>
wrote:<BR type="attribution">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">TPG
build it & if the offer is then low cost plus very fast, people will buy
it.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">In
those circumstances the tax payers pay nothing<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">In
the Conroy model …<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The
tax payers pay for 100%<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">All
fresh competition, possibly including the TPG FTTB rollout is
banned<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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copper is disconnected<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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HFC is disconnected<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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thus allowing Mr Conroy to triple the price, provide lousy service via ‘the
PMG-2” and you get the worlds most expensive
broadband.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> AusNOG
[mailto:<A href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net"
target=_blank>ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</A>] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Robert Hudson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:55
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Tom Lanyon<BR><B>Cc:</B> <A
href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net"
target=_blank>ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AusNOG]
Screw the NBN, says TPG: We’ll do our own
FTTB<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P>Of course it has an impact on the NBN. The NBNs price model is, amongst
other things, dependant on scale and the number of premises connected.
Reduce that number by a few million, and the per-port price will rise
significantly, and those in less profitable areas ("the bush" as an
example), won't have their pricing subsidised by the commercially lucrative
connections (in "the city)".<U></U><U></U></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On 17/09/2013 6:47 PM, "Tom Lanyon" <<A
href="mailto:tom%2Bausnog@oneshoeco.com"
target=_blank>tom+ausnog@oneshoeco.com</A>> wrote:<U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>On 17/09/2013, at 6:09 PM, Jake Anderson <<A
href="mailto:yahoo@vapourforge.com"
target=_blank>yahoo@vapourforge.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> On 17/09/2013, at
5:14 PM, Nick Gale <<A href="mailto:nickgale@gmail.com"
target=_blank>nickgale@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>>> Are you saying
we should have the ability for NBN competitors? If so why?<BR>><BR>>
Because if you don't then private enterprise will build a bunch of little
fiefdoms where it will be uneconomical for anybody else to try to take
market share with diminishing returns, and as a bonus all those areas in
"the bush" that the population as a whole is rather
fond of won't get any services at all because its not "economic" to do
so.<BR><BR>None of which would be an issue, assuming that this is all
occurring in parallel to the NBN,
right?<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>AusNOG
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