[AusNOG] OT: Regulator rings the changes for telcos, isps - WARNING, POTENTIAL FLAMEBAIT

[Curtis Bayne]

Paul,

My apologies if I misconstrued your stance. This was not my intention  
- noted to list :)

Regards,
Curtis

Sent from my iPhone

On 22/04/2010, at 6:16 PM, "Paul Brooks" <pbrooks- 
ausnog at layer10.com.au> wrote:

> On 22/04/2010 4:00 PM, Curtis Bayne wrote:
>>
>> I agree entirely, and thank you for sharing your opinion publicly.  
>> My personal opinion is that the OPEL project was a pragmatic way to  
>> improve rural telecoms with minimal investment (comparatively)  
>> without interfering with the complex and fragile telecommunications  
>> industry.
>>
>
> First, I was expressing my opinion that what you described sounded  
> like Broadband Connect - not an opinion on Opel, or its desirability  
> or otherwise!
>
> But yes, I think the broad goals of bringing metro-equivalent  
> backhaul pricing to regional areas was a good way to go.
>
>>
>> Had it not been scrapped by the government, the OPEL project would  
>> be delivering tangible benefits to consumers TODAY. That boat has  
>> sailed and what a shame. OPEL on a national scale would be the best  
>> of both worlds. Layer 2/Layer 3: that's the job of the VAR. Want to  
>> build a regional telehouse for DR? Easy. There's still a place for  
>> small, regional ISPs (which appeals to the silo mentalities in  
>> regional areas - no pun intended) as well as larger service  
>> providers with their economy of scale. Everyone goes home happy.
>>
>
> I think the original plan expressed in the Broadband Connect project  
> was good - except they screwed up the conditions of the tender, and  
> would not allow a compliant bid to only address the backhaul  
> component - every bid had to include a local access component in  
> addition to be compliant, thereby destroying the main result.
>
> I'm not so convinced that the selection of Opel, and the way Opel  
> chose to deliver on the requirements,would have been the best way  
> forward. What they were planning on building was a national WiMAX  
> network with lots of towers on which Optus could coincidentally  
> house 3G cellphone transmitters, building a national private mobile  
> tower network and backhaul on the back of government funds designed  
> for other purposes. At least, thats how I read the commentary from  
> others ;-)
>
> Anyway, thats ancient history now.
>
> (Ob disclosure - I worked on a competing bid, that wasn't selected  
> to move forward. Still think it was a good idea :-) )
>
> P.
>
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