[AusNOG] AAPT / TPG Merge NWB

Wed Jun 4 11:15:47 EST 2014

I have real questions about whether moving the services to TPG DSLAMs 
would be allowed by contracts in place with customers.
If TPG own AAPT, but it's still a separate business, and service 
schedules call out exactly what third party providers will be used to 
supply the services, where do the services from TPG fit into such an 
agreement?

On 04.06.2014 10:49, Matt Perkins wrote:
> I understand the commercial reality of it. It's not that it's moved
> to TPG DSLAM's thats really the problem. It's that they cut it over
> with no notification. We could not involve the customer test for
> compliance. Not to mention there would have been an outage while they
> moved the jumper that they did not inform us of.
>
>  In the end of the day it's there network. They can do as they like
> with it but a little information flow would have been much better 
> then
> a surprise.
>
>  Matt.
>
>  On 4/06/14 10:36 AM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
>
>> I am not sure why we are surprised really.
>>
>> TPG is going to dismantle everything that made AAPT AAPT...
>>
>> Expect them to pull everything they had intercap off Nextgen and 
>> onto AAPT fibre as soon as contracts run out. This will put a dent 
>> into Nextgens figures I bet.
>>
>> The AAPT Wholesale people still seem to think that they will have 
>> jobs within a year... and they have the support of TPG to continue 
>> pushing wholesale services. At least some good people will be 
>> available for others to hire.
>>
>> It is my opinion that while TPG has some good products, I think 
>> essentially they are wholesale hostile and will put any direct 
>> commercial opportunity in front of any wholesale opportunity in every 
>> case.
>>
>> I've had opportunities that were going to be fulfilled via 
>> wholesale, who were told to stop supporting us as their commercial 
>> side were competing for it directly.
>>
>> I don't believe words anymore, I believe actions and base everything 
>> off what people do, not what they say they will do.. and we've all 
>> seen what has happened to Soul and Pipe since TPG took over. Lots of 
>> staff hired for Pipe were told they were going to be supported, and 
>> not long later realised it was all words with no reality.
>>
>> Btw... Good on TPG for pushing their commercial agenda... from that 
>> perspective they are succeeding... I just think it is wrong to 'fake 
>> support' wholesale when they do everything to undercut it. Just be 
>> honest about your intentions TPG is all I say.
>>
>> ...Skeeve
>>
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>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Cameron Ferdinands 
>> <cameron at jferdinands.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Makes you wonder what will happen to the AAPT tails that are on 
>>> iiNet DSLAMs?
>>>
>>> Matt, Nathan have you noticed any MTU issues since AAPT have 
>>> churned
>>> those tails to TPG?
>>>
>>> On 4 June 2014 09:40, Nathan Brookfield
>>> <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au> wrote:
>>> > Matt,
>>> >
>>> > I'll e-mail you off list, let's just say I do know and I was not 
>>> very happy when I noticed.
>>> >
>>> > Kindest Regards,
>>> > Nathan Brookfield (VK2NAB)
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>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf 
>>> Of Matt Perkins
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2014 9:37 AM
>>> > To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>>> > Subject: [AusNOG] AAPT / TPG Merge NWB
>>> >
>>> > Looks like some of our AAPT NWB services that were delivered on 
>>> Telstra have magically been churned to TPG without any notification. 
>>> Anyone else notice this ?
>>> >
>>> > Matt.
>>> >
>>> >
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