[AusNOG] Screw the NBN, says TPG: We'll do our own FTTB

[Paul Brooks]

On 17/09/2013 10:28 PM, Paul Wallace wrote:
> There's only ONE question I'm interested in at the mo ... namely, whether the Government will allow one of its departments to tell TPG that their intention to roll out a FTTB network is in breach!

Its not in breach - it complies. We went over that earlier in the evening. Given the
way directors and lawyers feel about ASX announcements, I suspect they have fairly
solid idea of precisely how and why what they are doing is perfectly legal and
compliant with the relevant legislation.
There are exemptions, caveats and loopholes, and the TPG/PIPE network as pre-existing
infrastructure seems to fits right through them. (The caveats and loopholes had to be
there to avoid issues of "sovereign risk" and avoid being forced to compensate
existing infrastructure owners, a la the Kerrigan defence). Boiled down - you can't
build (much) new stuff, but you can use stuff that was already built - providing you
don't change it (much).
(IANAL, this isn't formal legal advice - but I can read the Act, and so should can
everyone else)

P.







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> On 17/09/2013, at 10:15 PM, "Tony" <td_miles at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> From: Nick Gale <nickgale at gmail.com>
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>>> I really want to see the review Turnbull does. I would like to see the difference in maintenance and operation costs between FTTN and FTTP to see just how much it costs to maintain all the powered nodes and copper. I think that would be enlightening especially if you extrapolate over the 50 - 70 year lifespan you get out of a full fibre deployment.
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>> I wouldn't hold your breath. The cynic in me suggests that it won't be done independently and the answers/conclusions that it comes to will reflect what Turnbull wants it to say. If it was being done properly it'd take at least half of the allocated 60 days just to get the terms of reference sorted out.
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