[AusNOG] NBNCo releases its response to industry consultation

[Mark Smith]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:36:29 +1300
Narelle <narellec at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Paul Brooks
> <pbrooks-ausnog at layer10.com.au> wrote:
> > Not at all Grahame  - SOMEONE - or collection of someones - will be
> > doing a lot of advertising and awareness raising, but it need not be NBN
> > Co itself. NBNCo is just a servant of its RSP customers - its the RSPs
> > that have the relationship with end-users, its the RSPs, backed by a
> > pile of government general awareness raising (think digital TV
> > switchover)...
> 
> Oh, gee, what a concept - the Internet Industry doing a co-ordinated campaign??
> 
> Far be it for me to suggest anything to bodies such as the IIA, but
> what an idea.
> 
> Given that NBN Co won't be dealing with end customers, surely it would
> be preferable for the industry to do this?
> 
> Along the same lines, I can suggest it to the Internet Society
> (australian chapter) Board, but we'd need to raise the money to run
> such a campaign, and we would do it on behalf of CONSUMERS not the
> industry.
> 
> So ours might be something like:
> "don't listen to these unscrupulous people at your door offering crazy
> prices and unbelievable broadband speeds... go to XYZ official
> TIO/ACMA/NBN Co web site list of certified RSPs"
> 
> We are actually trying to raise some funding to do a series of
> consumer briefings on this topic, but haven't got there yet.
> 
> All suggestions for such an activity, sponsorship offers etc will be
> listened to...
> 
> 

<joke>I know of a QANGO that has around $42B. They might have some
spare.</joke>

<serious>I know of a QANGO that has around $42B. They might have some
spare.</serious>

> 
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> 
> 
> Narelle
> narellec at gmail.com
> vice-president at isoc-au.org.au
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