<div dir="ltr"><div><div>This was the only use case for a National Broadband Network that ever made economic sense - building national infrastructure for wholesale backhaul, so that Cairns backhaul connectivity should be no more expensive than Sydney or Melbourne CBD. Sadly, we have instead both Labor and the Libs arguing over who gets to build a monopoly for the consumer final mile. Cart before horse.<br><br></div>Kind regards<br><br></div>Paul Wilkins<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 June 2016 at 11:35, Matt Perkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@spectrum.com.au" target="_blank">matt@spectrum.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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very much doubt a 1500km Dark fiber run would be $700 a month even
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] 10/10Mbps service in Cairns<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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$3.5k for a 10/10Mbps service, Telstra Wholesale have
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