[AusNOG] NBN: "i want a pony! but can I afford it"

[Paul Brooks]

On 14/08/2010 8:50 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
>
> On 14/08/2010, at 6:49 PM, Paul Brooks wrote:
>>
>> My main concern is not actually the NBN access network portion. My 
>> main concern is that most of the smaller ISPs won't have engaged with 
>> NBNCo and set up wholesale access arrangements, and set up network 
>> backhaul links to the POIs as they are established,
>
> Just like now a lot of smaller ISPs will purchase access to the last 
> mile via aggregators.  A lot of people buy TW tails via Optus or buy 
> Optus via yet another layer of aggregators.   I don't see this 
> changing.   It'll come down to individual levels of sophistication and 
> an evaluation of "build vs buy".    But I'm pretty sure that any ISP 
> who has customers will find a way of keeping that customer.   
> Aggregators will also want to keep their slice of the pie so will help 
> ISPs who use their services.
Nod - I hope people are engaging with aggregators that are  engaging 
with NBNco then :-)

P.
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