[AusNOG] Long live our new Communications Minister

[Paul Wallace]

I didn't mean YOU abusing anyone Mark lol

I meant Conroy

-P

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> On 15 Sep 2015, at 9:55 pm, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm not abusing you, I'm pointing out that as an industry you don't have your shit together.
> 
> The fact that you perceive that as abuse is part of the problem.
> 
> Other industries of your scale influence their own destiny. Yours doesn't. Why do you think that is?
> 
>   - mark
> 
> 
>> On 15 Sep 2015, at 21:11, Paul Wallace <paul.wallace at mtgi.com.au> wrote:
>> 
>> Far too harsh mark.
>> 
>> That's like suggesting we've done something wrong by only investing millions or billions of dollars in telecoms infrastructure and that we deserve abuse for not rolling out a private version of the nbn.
>> 
>> If someone had of sufficient girth had emerged earlier on,seeking to do that they'd have been accused of cherry picking. Surely a monopoly is worse than that?
>> 
>> -P
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 15 Sep 2015, at 8:38 pm, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 15 Sep 2015, at 3:10 pm, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, 2015-09-15 at 09:21 +0800, Damian Guppy wrote:
>>>>> who could be competent with the portfolio? We don't need
>>>>> another Conroy or Minchin...
>>>> 
>>>> After the last couple of years, Conroy looks pretty bloody good!
>>> 
>>> The ISP industry earns billions of dollars, employs tens of thousands of Australians, and reaches into almost every household in the nation.
>>> 
>>> If it was grown up and mature, it wouldn't matter who the minister was, and you all wouldn't have to second-guess the magnitude of business risk you'll have to carry due to side effects of Government policy.
>>> 
>>> What are you all doing to make sure that you can survive and thrive under a Turnbull Government?
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