<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Very well said Curtis<br><br>Sent from my iPhone powered by Polyfone Telecom<div><br></div></div><div><br>On 5 Jun 2014, at 8:01 am, "Curtis Bayne" <<a href="mailto:curtis@bayne.com.au">curtis@bayne.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p>What gets me is that we are all acting surprised.</p>
<p>This is the logical conclusion of a consolidated retail network with wholesale competition stifled by regulatory uncertainty.</p>
<p>Regardless of any theological thought experiment, the pragmatic reality is that the only thing that has delivered reasonable outcomes to consumers in Australia is infrastructure competition.</p>
<p>This is what happens when you consolidate access networks.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 4, 2014 12:45 PM, "Mark Currie" <<a href="mailto:MCurrie@laserfast.com.au">MCurrie@laserfast.com.au</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Sounds a lot like Microsoft....Just buy some company to basically remove them from competition, and then let the products and customers either dilute and slowly disappear or just get dumped into the wastebasket....despite the company they have purchased having had a good market presence and were fairly innovative....<br>
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To: Nathan Brookfield; Bradley Amm; Andrew Jones; <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] AAPT / TPG Merge NWB<br>
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This is the exact reason why we removed PIPE Networks from our carrier list when TPG made all these changes after consuming them. There were no notifications of changes to upstream network providers it just changed one day to TPG.<br>
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Just seems like TPG are up to their same old tricks ... buy a carrier - consume the carrier and spit it out as TPG whatever the cost.<br>
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] AAPT / TPG Merge NWB<br>
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It's actually not, there are strict service schedules which outline the products they can offer to you, you also agree to T&C's during the order process which outline the service type and supplier.<br>
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] AAPT / TPG Merge NWB<br>
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Well really they agree to provide you with X service at $Z price Whoever or whatever they use to get it to you is irrelevant<br>
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] AAPT / TPG Merge NWB<br>
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I have real questions about whether moving the services to TPG DSLAMs would be allowed by contracts in place with customers.<br>
If TPG own AAPT, but it's still a separate business, and service schedules call out exactly what third party providers will be used to supply the services, where do the services from TPG fit into such an agreement?<br>
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On <a href="tel:04.06.2014%2010" value="+61406201410">04.06.2014 10</a>:49, Matt Perkins wrote:<br>
> I understand the commercial reality of it. It's not that it's moved to<br>
> TPG DSLAM's thats really the problem. It's that they cut it over with<br>
> no notification. We could not involve the customer test for<br>
> compliance. Not to mention there would have been an outage while they<br>
> moved the jumper that they did not inform us of.<br>
><br>
> In the end of the day it's there network. They can do as they like<br>
> with it but a little information flow would have been much better then<br>
> a surprise.<br>
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> Matt.<br>
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> On 4/06/14 10:36 AM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:<br>
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>> I am not sure why we are surprised really.<br>
>><br>
>> TPG is going to dismantle everything that made AAPT AAPT...<br>
>><br>
>> Expect them to pull everything they had intercap off Nextgen and onto<br>
>> AAPT fibre as soon as contracts run out. This will put a dent into<br>
>> Nextgens figures I bet.<br>
>><br>
>> The AAPT Wholesale people still seem to think that they will have<br>
>> jobs within a year... and they have the support of TPG to continue<br>
>> pushing wholesale services. At least some good people will be<br>
>> available for others to hire.<br>
>><br>
>> It is my opinion that while TPG has some good products, I think<br>
>> essentially they are wholesale hostile and will put any direct<br>
>> commercial opportunity in front of any wholesale opportunity in every<br>
>> case.<br>
>><br>
>> I've had opportunities that were going to be fulfilled via wholesale,<br>
>> who were told to stop supporting us as their commercial side were<br>
>> competing for it directly.<br>
>><br>
>> I don't believe words anymore, I believe actions and base everything<br>
>> off what people do, not what they say they will do.. and we've all<br>
>> seen what has happened to Soul and Pipe since TPG took over. Lots of<br>
>> staff hired for Pipe were told they were going to be supported, and<br>
>> not long later realised it was all words with no reality.<br>
>><br>
>> Btw... Good on TPG for pushing their commercial agenda... from that<br>
>> perspective they are succeeding... I just think it is wrong to 'fake<br>
>> support' wholesale when they do everything to undercut it. Just be<br>
>> honest about your intentions TPG is all I say.<br>
>><br>
>> ...Skeeve<br>
>><br>
>> SKEEVE STEVENS - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd<br>
>><br>
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>> The Experts Who The Experts Call<br>
>> Juniper - Cisco - Cloud - Consulting - IPv4 Brokering<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Cameron Ferdinands<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:cameron@jferdinands.com">cameron@jferdinands.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Makes you wonder what will happen to the AAPT tails that are on<br>
>>> iiNet DSLAMs?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Matt, Nathan have you noticed any MTU issues since AAPT have churned<br>
>>> those tails to TPG?<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 4 June 2014 09:40, Nathan Brookfield<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au">Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Matt,<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > I'll e-mail you off list, let's just say I do know and I was not<br>
>>> very happy when I noticed.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Kindest Regards,<br>
>>> > Nathan Brookfield (VK2NAB)<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Chief Executive Officer<br>
>>> > Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd<br>
>>> ><br>
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>>> 4951<br>
>>> > Web: <a href="http://www.simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.simtronic.com.au</a> [1] | E-mail:<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:nathan.brookfield@simtronic.com.au">nathan.brookfield@simtronic.com.au</a><br>
>>> ><br>
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>>> > From: AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] On Behalf<br>
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>>> > Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2014 9:37 AM<br>
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>>> > Subject: [AusNOG] AAPT / TPG Merge NWB<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Looks like some of our AAPT NWB services that were delivered on<br>
>>> Telstra have magically been churned to TPG without any notification.<br>
>>> Anyone else notice this ?<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Matt.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
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