[AusNOG] The new Minister for Communications is Senator Mitch Fifield

[Paul Wilkins]

The OECD preferred model for utilities is to have government monopoly on
the wholesale infrastructure (monopoly on utility infrastructure is
inevitable due to economies of scale, but when run by government, the
monopoly profits go into central revenue so back to the people that payed
for it is the theory, and the government is answerable to the voters for
proper management of the monopoly).

What NBN should have been was national geographic wholesale connectivity,
while allowing competition for retail. There are no good arguments for a
monopoly on resale of a utility.

Up until Turnbull, NBN's focus and main spend has been wiring premises,
rather than building geographic carriage, meaning most resources into
exactly the wrong end of the network (last mile rather than geographic
interconnect), building the wrong kind of monopoly, and the worst return
for the tax payer.

Kind regards

Paul Wilkins

On 20 September 2015 at 21:38, Rod <rod at rb.net.au> wrote:

> Hmmm,  do you think we should follow the route of the USA, undisputed king
> of capitalism, and have a second rate, fragmented Telco industry operating
> with virtual monopolies in various states/areas through the USA?  The
> customer experience in many large cities in the USA is woeful by our
> standards. Do we follow the USA down?
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> Our nation stands to reap significant benefits all through society (Health
> is just one example) and industry by having much faster ubiquitous internet
> access. Our large telcos don’t have the financial incentive to develop this
> infrastructure on their own, and their failure to deliver over many many
> years speaks volumes, and the smaller players do not have the financial
> muscle to make a dent in our large country. NBN is the way to go. Problem
> is that politicians and their executive arm (eg ACCC) got in the way of a
> good solution.
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> Rod
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Paul
> Wallace
> *Sent:* Sunday, 20 September 2015 7:32 PM
> *To:* George Fong <george at lateralplains.com>
> *Cc:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] The new Minister for Communications is Senator
> Mitch Fifield
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> Conroy nationalised telecoms.
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> Nationalising industries is what communist countries do.
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> Consequently and subsequently we've seen extensive rationalisation of the
> players in our industry via M&As ... followed by repeated shrill criticism
> of those mergers by members of this list.
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> The coalition is now complicit as well .. they originally stated their
> intentions to wind the nbn down, or to sell it off or similar but then back
> flipped.
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> A complete disgrace.
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> -P
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 20 Sep 2015, at 7:21 PM, George Fong <george at lateralplains.com> wrote:
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> Perspective. There would have been no NBN without Conroy or Lundy before
> him.  We had nothing and no hope before that.
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> Cheers
> g.
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> On Sun, 2015-09-20 at 19:16 +1000, Paul Wallace wrote:
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> Unlikely to be worse than Conroy though.
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> Conroy - the worlds only economist who doesn't need or want a business
> case before spending $100 billion!
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> -P
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 20 Sep 2015, at 6:26 PM, Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Because arts and science are a natural mix.
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> "In a democracy you get the representation you deserve"....
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> So what have we done to deserve this?
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> Paul Wilkins
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> On 20 September 2015 at 16:10, Damian Guppy <the.damo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The first Turnbull ministry has been announced.
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> Source: https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/645476692962738176
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> Mitch Fifield Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Fifield
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> He has also picked up the following portfolios:
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> Minister Assisting The Prime Minister for Digital Government
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> Minister for the Arts
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> Manager of Government Business in the Senate
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> --Damian
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