[AusNOG] background radiation was: "i want a pony!"(wasRe:Longlive the NBN. The NBN is dead?! [personal])

[Curtis Bayne]

Wait. I'm confused. We're using the construction and subsequent sale of PMG (now Telstra) as the definition of success of a state-owned telco monopoly, whilst on the other hand, a consortium of providers are complaining about anti-competitive practices?

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/354465/bigpond_price_cuts_anger_internode_iinet/

What's to say that once independent infrastructure is eliminated that the same practices won't emerge (especially if the new shareholders of the NBN have a vested interest in the telecommunications industry)...


-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Moyle-Croft [mailto:mmc at internode.com.au]
Sent: Thu 8/12/2010 6:42 PM
To: roland at chan.id.au
Cc: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net; Curtis Bayne; ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] background radiation was: "i want a pony!"(wasRe:Longlive the NBN. The NBN is dead?! [personal])
 
Brilliant Roland.

PMG built the PSTN with regulatory certainty for more than 80 years.   Money was invested and built out for the good of all, then it was sold off.

So, the Government is just following a proven business model.  

What's not to like?

MMC

On 12/08/2010, at 5:22 PM, <roland at chan.id.au> wrote:

> Who built the PSTN? Who paid for it? Did they get a fair return from decades of line rental  and the eventual sale of Telstra?
> 





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