[AusNOG] NYTimes article on the NBN

[Russell Langton]

Hi Alex,

My understanding is there is 2 x TPGs in the news.

TPG Capital(USA) is looking at Fairfax.
TPG (ASX-TPM) is the ISP is looking at mobile spectrum.




On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Alex Samad <alex at samad.com.au> wrote:

> Wonder what the move is next for telcos in OZ
>
> We saw TPG make a move with fibre to the premise (business).
>
> I see Exetel using the NBN - in the CBD to offer fibre
> I think Optus has some sort of ethernet to the building
>
> Is it going to take another government initiative to push this forward
> again...  My "sceptical - biased" opinion thinks the telco's will sit on
> their current assets and upgrade at a snails pace - or potentially where
> they can make money - I would believe the appetite for risk would low ...
> But saying that TPG making a move on fairfax and mobile spectrum ....
>
> A
>
>
>
> On 12 May 2017 at 15:34, Shane Short <shane at short.id.au> wrote:
>
>> I’ll willingly say that NZ did it properly.
>>
>> What killed our rollout is the NBN becoming a partisan issue. Once it
>> became a political football, we all lost.
>>
>> -Shane
>>
>> On 12 May 2017, at 12:17 pm, Tony Wicks <tony at wicks.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> To amplify this a little, during UFB negotiations between the government
>> and potential suppliers Telecom NZ was only allowed to compete if it split.
>> As it turns out while Chorus (Telecom split) got most of the contract, in
>> several significant areas existing power companies actually got the UFB
>> contract and their GPON rollouts have actually been very successful. The
>> addition of the power companies into the mix created a competitive
>> environment, I bet that there was a regulation stopping that in Australia?
>> (politics).
>>
>> Friday afternoon wind up…. Lovley….
>>
>> >The big difference here from what I can see from the outside is politics
>> and the big existing players fighting to the bitter end rather than just
>> getting on board.
>>
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