[AusNOG] NBN 3 year construction plan

[Ross Wheeler]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Paul Wallace wrote:

> What term would you use to characterise the introduction by a Government 
> of a monopoly into a deregulated space, followed by the passing of laws 
> designed to cripple competition? I can't think of an appropriate 
> nomenclature ... only expressions of disbelief when perpetuated by a 
> supposed "free market" Government!

But wait, it gets better.... their sole purpose for regulating competition 
OUT of the market is that without that protection, the NBN can't make 
money, and if it's not making money they can't flog it off in a few years!

(And having spent that much money on something that by design "must" make 
money, why would you then sell it off instead of using it for ongoing 
funding of all the other things the country needs?)

The mind truly boggles.