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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="160161623-14062015"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Hi Guys,<br>
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Personally I don't believe this is a good idea. It's great supporting small business that treats each others' business as a family, rather than trying to dominate, hoard and control. It's one of the reasons why our world is in such a mess. It's really time
to clean up our act, and take out the garbage. Lots of love to you and your family. :-)<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Brooks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 13 June 2015 11:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> skeeve+ausnog@theispguy.com<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] ACCC seeks further submissions on TPG/iiNet Merger<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/06/2015 12:12 AM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">We should ALL submit... a hundred ISPs might be taken seriously.</div>
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a hundred? If even ten ISPs send in a real submission, I'll be very surprised. Experience suggests most will spend more effort talking about it than it would take to actually write and submit something - or they'll winge that nobody constructed a template
for them, so they could just add a '+1' on the top, sign the bottom and send, so they did nothing.
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Colour me disillusioned this week, Skeeve!<br>
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cheers,<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Brad Peczka <span dir="ltr">
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Submissions: <a href="http://registers.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/1185185" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">
http://registers.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/1185185</a><br>
And here's a few excepts from <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-11/accc-raises-issues-with-tpg-iinet-takeover/6538730" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-11/accc-raises-issues-with-tpg-iinet-takeover/6538730</a>:<br>
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The ACCC wants more information on the $1.56 billion deal to determine what effect it will have, not only on competition, but on customer service levels as well.<br>
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In its initial response to the proposal, the ACCC said it has received submissions from consumers who fear that service at iiNet will decline as a result.<br>
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"The key argument in terms of quality is that, firstly, will TPG keep the iiNet brand and customer experience in the marketplace and, secondly, if they don't, will somebody else just fill that gap, we need to weigh all of that," ACCC chairman Rod Sims told
ABC News.<br>
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The ACCC's statement of issues said the acquisition is "unlikely" to raise competition concerns in other markets, including in relation to the supply of wholesale transmission, mobile broadband or voice services.<br>
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