[AusNOG] Telstra flicks switch on high speed broadband network

[Stephen Baxter]

I was under the impression this style of decision was governed by the
TPA and therefore the ACCC. Is there legislation required for this ?

SB
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Paul Brooks
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2008 12:06 PM
> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] Telstra flicks switch on high speed 
> broadband network
> 
> Posted on SMH half an hour ago:
> 
> http://business.smh.com.au/telstra-flicks-switch-on-high-speed
-broadband-network/20080206-1qia.html
> 
> Telstra and the Federal Government have today overcome a 14-month 
> impasse over its higher-speed broadband network after the 
> company gained 
> regulatory certainty, in an agreement which will provide up to 2.4 
> million homes and businesses with faster broadband speeds.
> 
> In a major breakthrough ahead of talks over plans for an $8 billion 
> national fibre-optic network, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and 
> Telstra's chief executive, Sol Trujillo, announced the 
> switch-on of the 
> company's entire ADSL2+ fixed-line network in Canberra this morning.
> 
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