[AusNOG] NBN Legislation

[Mark Smith]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:57:23 +1030
Mark Smith <nanog at 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:02:10 +1100
> vak <vak at alphalink.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ian,
> > 
> > 1) My take on it is that ubiquitous access is the primary concern of the 
> > NBN, not international carriage.
> > 2) PMG (Post Master General) had a large hand in delivering the first 
> > submarine cables out of Australia. PMG was a government entitity.
> > 3) There are innovators in business - I'm arguing that generally, 
> > telcos/NSPs have not generally been innovators.
> 
> What do you consider to be innovation? 
> 
> Haven't VoIP, non-telstra ADSL and ADSL2+, alternative backhaul to
> Telstra, constantly increasing quotas, unmetered content,
> offpeak/onpeak quotas, multiple attempts at video on demand/IPTV,
> multiple attempts at unlimited Internet, FTTH deployments in new
> residential establishments, and multiple Wimax network deployments,
> which have all occurred in the last 10 years, been innovations?
> 

And a new international link of course.

> 
> > 4) Seeking access equality is not a "Communist manifesto"
> > 
> > Regards.
> > 
> > 
> > Hi vak,
> > >> Australia must transform and foster knowledge and services industries to
> > >> survive in the new world economy.
> > > Who's going to build and maintain the fat o/s pipes for increase bandwidth
> > > and low latency for the demand ?
> > >
> > > Government or Business ?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Ian Manners
> > > ComKal Networks Australia
> > >
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