[AusNOG] Labor to force people to connect to broadband

[Bevan Slattery]

I operate Australia's third largest metro fibre network, yet I can't put
fibre in basements of buildings or to tenants floor without either:

1.  An in-building subscriber; or
2. Express approval from the building owner

The point is I need a customer (and a fight with building owners who try
to extort money from us) or approval, rather than no objection and no
customer necessary.  The economies of a single truck roll for additional
tennants in high rise buildings that we can connect to would be nice.
But sadly we are not owned by those that make the legislation.

Surely, any legislation to make an installation Opt-out should be
extended to all carriers ensuring non-descriminatory practices remain.
Otherwise I would have thought the ACCC should at least be consulted as
to why NBN Co requires to obtain a competitive advantage over other
carriers.  Special Access Undertaking anyone?  Why isn't it opt-out for
all carriers?  And if the Government realised there are problems with
the access regime under Schedule 3, then why haven't they changed it for
all of us earlier?

[b]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-
> bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Fort
> Sent: Friday, 30 July 2010 4:03 PM
> To: Curtis Bayne
> Cc: ausnog
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Labor to force people to connect to broadband
> 
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Curtis Bayne <curtis at bayne.com.au>
wrote:
> > Ok, here comes my $0.022c worth (gst inc.)
> >
> > This "opt-out" model irks me. Deeply.
> >
> > I've spent the better part of a year coercing building management of
> > various buildings in my local area to let me put microwave gear on
> > their roof, run cabling to their tenant's demarcation points and
> > generally do good things for connectivity in an area that's been
> > neglected by every single other provider except Optus. How come
NBNCo
> > gets a free pass for the "subscriber in building" requirement under
the
> Telco Act?
> 
> Sorry, I'm failing to understand how is having access to additional
customers a
> bad thing.  I can understand being upset at someone riding on your
coattails,
> so to speak, but now you'll have access to more customers at (in
theory) a
> lower cost.  Call me a straw-man, but what's not to like?
> 
> -a
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