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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I would say as a general philosophy,
shared assets, (copper network, water pipes, power poles and
wires) should be owned by the govt.<br>
Privatising telstra retail is fine, even good, but trying to make
a commercial return on something like the CAN isn't going to make
for good outcomes in the longer term.<br>
<br>
Thats not to say private enterprise can't compete with the govt,
or handle parts of it, IE providing transatlantic cables or high
tension power lines (or perhaps motorways), but the important but
low return last mile just isn't going to be profitable enough for
private enterprise to get the best outcome.<br>
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On 22/11/13 15:05, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Haven’t
you highlighted the Government run V’s commercial run
problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Commercial
is in it for its stock holders. I would presume the people
who do the work on the lines get paid by the job, not the
time. Pareto’s 80% rule, the rate of return above is to
great above 80%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
always thought that the copper (infrastructure) should have
stayed with a government department when Telstra was
privatised<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"> AusNOG
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jake Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 22 November 2013 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Paul Wallace; Robert Hudson; Pinkerton,
Eric (AU Sydney)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] "It's like grandfather's
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think its fair to say that since the
FTTP roll was announced and telstra dragged kicking and
screaming into the 20th century that the CAN has been
treated with a "well it only needs to last 10 years"
mentality.<br>
Which is understandable, theres no real point replacing a
trunk line today if its going to get replaced by fibre
tomorrow.<br>
However I think the big change happened around when it was
privatised and particularly under ziggy.<br>
It seemed to go from a place where (as a whole) doing the
job well was valued over doing lots of jobs.<br>
It went from well we are going to have to do this right at
some point, might as well do it now to must maximise
profits for the next quarter, "do more with less".<br>
<br>
Now I know there were hotshots, slackers and dodgy
brothers back then too but I don't think its unfair to say
the bloke we now have running the NBN also oversaw the
biggest reduction in maintenance work and customer
satisfaction in the Telstra CAN.<br>
<br>
In theory telstra are still required to maintain services
in areas not served by NBN, perhaps a few $M thrown their
way to pay for "repairs not economic with upcoming
obsolescence" may have been an idea. How on earth you
manage that is left as an exercise for the student lol.<br>
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On 22/11/13 14:14, Paul Wallace wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">When
the NBN was first announced (or the deal completed at
least) Telstra immediately stopped investing in the
copper CAN.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">..
as would anyone else probably knowing that the entire
copper network was going to be discontinued.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Many
of the complaints we’ve heard today might have been
averted where the previous government added a
‘maintenance’ facet to the agreement with Telstra.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Given
the not inconsiderable delay forecast by the NBNco to
complete the rollout (I think 8-9 years was forecast),
it seems negligent for the previous Gov to have exposed
some Australian consumers to the degradation. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Also,
strangely, I haven’t heard the Unions complain that the
effect of killing off the copper CAN was to provide
Telstra with the perfect excuse to make a range of
copper focused jobs redundant.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Nothings
perfect but some things are just plain dumb.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">-P</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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lang="EN-US"> AusNOG [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Hudson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 22 November 2013 12:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pinkerton, Eric (AU Sydney)<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] "It's like grandfather's
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I suspect those shonkey work
practices have contributed to the accelerated decline of
the copper network.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That said, I also suspect that many
of the requirements to actually do work on the copper
in the first place came as a result of the general
longetivity of copper networks. :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 22 November 2013 13:32,
Pinkerton, Eric (AU Sydney) <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Am I the only person who thinks
those photos provided by the CEPU of the aging copper
network speak more to shonky work practices than the
general longevity of copper networks?<o:p></o:p></p>
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