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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Daniel Watson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel@glovine.com.au" target="_blank">daniel@glovine.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I thought something might have been up for the past 2 months, as all my routes would transverse AAPT from Melbourne to Sydney instead of PIPE Networks routes up to Sydney…<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Altho they do need to fix a lot of issues,  everyone in Melbourne still routes via Sydney to get to other Melbourne based networks….<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">D.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","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>James Braunegg<br>

<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 9 December 2013 8:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> Chris Ricks; <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] TPG buys AAPT for $450m<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">TPG as a gang for four would change things dramatically…. Very interested to see what happens !<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Kindest Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">James Braunegg<br>

</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">P:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">  1300 769 972  |  <b>M:</b>  0488 997 207 |  <b>D:</b>  (03) 9751 7616<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">E:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">   </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:james.braunegg@micron21.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">james.braunegg@micron21.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">  |  <b>ABN:</b>  12 109 977 666   <br>

<b>W:</b>  <a href="http://www.micron21.com/ip-transit" target="_blank"><span style>www.micron21.com/ip-transit</span></a>    <b>T:</b> @micron21<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

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</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></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""> AusNOG [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Ricks<br>

<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 09, 2013 8:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] TPG buys AAPT for $450m<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Very interesting indeed.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I'm most curious to see if TPG simply becomes a member of the Gang of Four or if that particular arrangement suddenly changes...<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">

<span lang="EN-US"><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: "Taylor, Matthew" <br>Date:09/12/2013 08:23 (GMT+10:00) <br>To: <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a> <br>

Subject: [AusNOG] TPG buys AAPT for $450m <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So The Age is reporting this morning that the sale of AAPT to TPG is a goer…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">

<span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/business/tpg-to-acquire-aapt-from-telecom-nz-20131209-2yzuk.html" target="_blank">http://www.theage.com.au/business/tpg-to-acquire-aapt-from-telecom-nz-20131209-2yzuk.html</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Interesting times ahead<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Matt<br><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>

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