[AusNOG] Solomon Islands loses landing rights for a cable in Sydney

[Alex Samad]

Probably the right lubrication ... donation ... um bribe ... to their
favourite party hasn't been forth coming .



On 27 July 2017 at 18:00, Noel Butler <noel.butler at ausics.net> wrote:

> On 27/07/2017 17:43, Jonathan Brewer wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 at 12:37, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
>
>> A submarine cable connecting Sydney to the Solomon Islands is being
>> refused a landing permit in Sydney because it's being built by Huawei.
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/
>> australia-refuses-to-connect-to-undersea-cable-built-by-
>> chinese-company-20170726-gxj9bf.html
>>
>> So, uh, don't do that then, hey?
>>
>>
>
> You mean don't land in Australia, right?
>
> We've got plenty of Huawei in New Zealand networks, including our UFB
> network. (That's the one I get 1000/500 fibre service from for about AUD
> $110/month). Guess what? It works. And it doesn't come with any more
> spyware than Cisco or Juniper.
>
> What's the Australian government's problem? Is it protectionism? Racism?
> Something else?
>
> -JB
>
>
> They are quite happy for NSA and GCHQ to know our every moves it seems,
> but not the CSS
>
> I'd be sure to find more spyware in cisco and other USA gear, than in
> Huawei's.
>
> Besides, Washington probably told them not to trust them, but in same
> breath say "trust us with our spyware" yeah right, the entire USA govt is
> like a bad rerun of the apprentice.
> --
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Noel Butler
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