[AusNOG] NBNco Website

[Kai]

I don't understand why our infinitely thoughtful government who are so full of wisdom don't buy back the other 49% of Telstra that it sold in the first place, change Telstra back to the government owned utility who only provides wholesale, and sell BigPond so they're no longer the same entity in any shape or form and make it illegal for TW to sell to TR (BigPond) at undercut pricing like they have done in the past and probably are still doing.

Wouldn't that be SO much easier than doing an NBN? it'd bring competition and it won't take anywhere near as much effort as these huge plans they currently have on the table... but then, all their mates are in NBN Co so we can't do that.

Sack Conroy too, and put someone in there who a) has a clue and b) isn't peddling religious ideals for other political parties/independants.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Kloppenborg" <karl at karltec.net>
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Sent: Monday, 21 June, 2010 11:35:13 AM GMT +09:30 Darwin
Subject: [AusNOG] NBNco Website




Hey Noggers, 


Hopefully your all having a charming monday morning (those shaky coffee hands grasping to your soul trapped in a mug ;D ) 


So I was reading the NBNco website ( http://www.nbnco.com.au ) oh and how it does look rather like a template website... 
After going through some pages I can't help but keep thinking that NBN is demoting us as ISP's and relabelling us as RSP's (Retail service providers) 


Does anyone else see it this way? 




http://www.nbnco.com.au/our-services/competition 


But the thing that has me stumped is that I have never really heard this term before? 


You go to Mr (average) joe down the street and ask him "Do you know what an ISP is?" 
He probably will answer it with something along these lines: "yeah mate, they provide internet to me, errm bigpond" 


Yet as a network engineer, I have yet to have actually used the term "RSP" (maybe I am just young and blonde?) 
But I am wondering about this whole Retail Service Provider thing? it makes me feel like we are a clothing shop, it makes me feel that the ISP community to the Government are what regional ISPs are to the big boy ISPs like telstra / optus / Internode etc etc. 


Your thoughts please. 


Cheers, 
Karl Kloppenborg. 






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