[AusNOG] ACCC pushes for consumer internet speed test, telcos aren't keen on the idea

[ausftth at mail.com]

>> The whole thing is a pipedream anyways with CVC charges at $17.50 per mbps. It's a complete waste of money, 
>> regardless if millions are spent or not. If ACCC wants to know which circuits are congested they only need 
>> ask NBNco. 
>
> So how does that help ISPs pay for more CVC, internal and transit bandwidth to provide the NBN performance 
> (which the public, press and many politicians think is the same as the Internet) they're advertising?

It doesn't, but at least asking the NBNco instead of wasting millions of somebody elses money is a net positive. The real solution is obviously to lower or do away with CVC charges, aggregate POIs or provide/encourage competitive backhaul and/or allow non-NBN last mile access networks. But that would involve actual productive work, rather than just grandstanding. 

Jared