[AusNOG] iiNet buys Adam

[Robert Hudson]

There's daylight between Telstra and iiNet in terms of market size and
ability to abuse market power (and Telstra have a fairly spotty record
here).  Not to mention the monopoly that Telstra do already have on fixed
copper (we're not talking about businesses that just offer Internet
connectivity any more) and the "operational separation" that they claim is
widely known and proven by repeated "slips" to be a sham.

Adam clearly wanted to be bought.  The ACCC shouldn't stop that - but they
do have the power to stop a purchase that would be considered too
detrimental to competition.  I think they did the right thing.

On 6 August 2013 09:17, Peter Tiggerdine <ptiggerdine at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it me of is ACCC playing favoritism with every other ISP other than
> Telstra?
>
> iiNet have both the number one, two and three carrier in SA now outside of
> Telstra and Optus
>
> Seems to me the politics is getting in the way of what is supposed to me
> an impartial body.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Skeeve Stevens <
> skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> See:
>> http://www.crn.com.au/News/352427,iinet-to-spend-60m-on-adam-internet.aspx?eid=4&edate=20130806&utm_source=20130806&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter
>>
>>
>> ...Skeeve
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