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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not to mention regulating competition out of the space!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Should we call this "reverse de-regulation" or because that's precisely what's occurring!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What term would you use to characterise the introduction by a Government of a monopoly into  a deregulated space, followed by the passing of laws designed to cripple competition? I can't think of an appropriate nomenclature ... only expressions of disbelief when perpetuated by a supposed "free market" Government!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-P<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></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 [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Noel Butler<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 16 October 2015 9:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] NBN 3 year construction plan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On 16/10/2015 08:54, Bruce Forster wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hey Noggers, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Not sure if you guys had seen this but i haven't seen it posted so... <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.nbnco.com.au/learn-about-the-nbn/three-year-construction-plan.html?cid=vanity:3yearplan">http://www.nbnco.com.au/learn-about-the-nbn/three-year-construction-plan.html?cid=vanity:3yearplan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Good to see little has changed, areas already saturated with fast ADSL2 still slated well ahead of areas that have much slower to no broadband speeds at all. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>If you have the urge to reply to all rather than reply to list, you best read  <a href="http://members.ausics.net/qwerty/">http://members.ausics.net/qwerty/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>