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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/05/14 09:35, Sam Silvester wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Paul
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The argument for multiple ports is to prevent the
end-users house being captured by a<br>
single ISP. Each port can be used by a different ISP (or
some other non-ISP body -<br>
like, say, a local council) and bypass the first one - but
that does not imply that an<br>
application using a different port wouldn't work just as
well through the first port<br>
IFF the first ISP was designed or operated right, or had
the right commercial model.<br>
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<div>I can't help but feel having a single port doesn't mean
end users are captured by an single ISP - that only really
is the case if either the wholesaler also happens to be a
retailer, and therefore likely to pre-provision a service
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<div>Realistically, the thing that locks most people into a
single ISP and makes change difficult are lengthy contract
terms and bundle deals - and having more ports available
doesn't change that.</div>
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Just quickly, I'm noting that many of the NBN only providers are
going contract free (some are even giving 1 month free trials), I
wonder how much of the 2 year contract for nbn service these days is
down to inertia.<br>
So it does seem to have some pressure on contract terms. If it
became more widely available that pressure may increase.<br>
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<div>Especially with a gradual move to CPE that are managed
in some way (HFC, TR-069 compliant DSL modems etc), it's
not much more than a case of "unplug old CPE, plug in box
supplied by new ISP".<br>
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You still have the issue of down time, but I'll grant you if the
owner of the line is not the one serving up the service you would
gain a great deal of flexibility.<br>
A user could sign up for the new service and when the RSP says its
ready, connect to NBNco's website via mobile (say) then tick the box
to churn their own service and within a minute or 3 the new service
would be active (or do it over the phone with the RSP?).<br>
If the new service doesn't come up right, the customer hits the
button and it goes back to how it was.<br>
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