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<div>Bevan is right about the deal being about removing the optus hfc asset from the marketplace, as I am sure someone would have been willing to fix it up to compete with the NBN.</div>
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<div>To provide some insight into the issue the NBN would have faced, take a look at www.fttbwholesale.com.au and check the published CVC costs...</div>
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<div>-------- Original message --------</div>
<div>From: Bevan Slattery <bevan@slattery.net.au> </div>
<div>Date: 28/09/2016 7:25 PM (GMT+08:00) </div>
<div>To: Robert Hudson <hudrob@gmail.com> </div>
<div>Cc: Jason Mikronis <jason@ausbbs.com.au>, "AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net>
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<div>Subject: Re: [AusNOG] FTTdp Is coming </div>
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<div style="direction:inherit">It was never about re-use. It was about removing competition. Achievement "unlocked".</div>
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On 28 Sep. 2016, at 9:17 pm, Robert Hudson <<a href="mailto:hudrob@gmail.com">hudrob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I wonder what happens to the money that was paid for that Optus HFC network, now that it's been determined to be unsuitable for the intended purpose...</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 28 September 2016 at 20:50, Jason Mikronis <span dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/nbn/nbn-abandons-the-optus-hfc-network-will-instead-turn-to-fttdp-technology/news-story/d29e2ebda5b24e733ec1ed6de01bb0d4" target="_blank">http://www.news.com.au/<wbr>technology/online/nbn/nbn-<wbr>abandons-the-optus-hfc-<wbr>network-will-instead-turn-to-<wbr>fttdp-technology/news-story/<wbr>d29e2ebda5b24e733ec1ed6de01bb0<wbr>d4</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Good fun!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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