[AusNOG] "Telstra signs transfer deal"

[Mark Smith]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:34:54 +1000
"Curtis Bayne" <curtis at bayne.com.au> wrote:

> Anyone want to open a smelter with me?
> 

There is a story in Accidental Empires (IIRC) that at one point AT&T
was worth more based on the copper price for the lines it had in the
ground than it's price on the stock market. If you think about it,
mining that copper would be easy and cheap compared to normal copper
mining - no more than a foot or two in the ground, and already refined.


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net on behalf of Mark Smith
> Sent: Sun 20/06/2010 14:33
> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] "Telstra signs transfer deal"
>  
> "Telstra has signed an $11 billion deal with NBN Co to transfer
> customers from the copper network onto the National Broadband Network's
> fibre network and share Telstra's infrastructure.
> 
> The deal was announced in Canberra this afternoon by Prime Minister
> Kevin Rudd and Telstra CEO David Thodey."
> 
> http://www.smh.com.au/business/telstra-signs-transfer-deal-20100620-yosf.html
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