<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>TPG aren't interested in your strategy. They're already in the end-game where you are not a player. Find business partners who always act in your interest and work with them. Failing that, force them to via contracts.<br><br><div>John Lindsay</div></div><div><br>On 14 Jan 2014, at 10:35 pm, Chris Ricks <<a href="mailto:chris.ricks@securepay.com.au">chris.ricks@securepay.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">From my company's persepctive, carrier
diversity is a critical part of network design (unless there
simply isn't a means of achieving said diversity).<br>
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Policies such as the one TPG *appear* to be pushing (first Vocus
and now Megaport) would be a dealbreaker for us, and I know I'm
not alone in that thinking.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Of course they are going to launch a competing
product, but they will have fun delivering it to any DC they
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<div>If they push the issue with Megaport, then other DC's will
probably do the same right back at them... I think it is an
extremely dumb move on their behalf.</div>
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> Devil's advocate, what if they are not looking to win,
but to delay ..<br>
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I suppose they could have a competing product to Megaport in
the works, but<br>
if so, they've done themselves out of a few customers
through their actions<br>
so far. Not a great way to start a product launch...<br>
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