[AusNOG] News: Minister Conroy contemplating Government-Funded undersea cable?

[Joshua D'Alton]

About 40% cheaper in fact.

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Noel Butler <noel.butler at ausics.net> wrote:

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> On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 11:42 +1000, Sean K. Finn wrote:
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> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/317202,conroy-mulls-government-funded-subsea-fibre-link.aspx
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> *Threatens 'unfettered power' to drive down prices.*
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> Communications minister Stephen Conroy has threatened to fund a new
> submarine link between Australia and the US out of the National Broadband
> Network budget if international pricing does not fall to reasonable levels.
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> LOL, friday arvo funnies... Did conroy start drinking early?
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> it's apparently cheaper to get a per MB price to L.A on southern cross
> cable, than per MB on NBN at 10km's
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