[LINK] ACT broadband to go ahead

[Ian Johnston]

Tony

If (a privatised) TransAct were to become the "monopoly" provider of
bandwidth across the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), then I wonder
whether we would see ubiquitous and affordable bandwidth.  On the
other hand, if there were competitive supply of bandwidth end-users
may see affordable access and usage charges.

A competitive strategy by Telstra and other carriage service providers
that saw the roll-out of competitive broadband technologies - xDSL,
LMDS, satellite, etc. - across the ACT might well lead to ubiquitous
and truly affordable bandwidth for its residences and small
businesses.  What an exciting prospect!


Ian Johnston
Small Enterprise Telecommunications Centre Limited (SETEL)
Advancing and representing the interest of small business
telecommunications consumers in national fora.

Canberra  ACT  Australia
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-link@www.anu.edu.au [mailto:owner-link@www.anu.edu.au]On
Behalf Of Tony Hill
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 4:31 PM
To: link@www.anu.edu.au
Subject: Re: [LINK] ACT broadband to go ahead


We can only hope that this project provides a high quality precedent
for
bandwidth access around the country that is not tied to particular
content providers and that it is available at a reasonable price.

Did I see Telstra advertising $49/month for cable Internet this month?

regards, Tony H

Tony Barry wrote:
>
> Source: Canberrta Times .Monday, 31 January, 2000
> http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news2/business/bus1.shtml
>
> ACT broadband to go ahead
>
> Wendy Levy
>
> TransACT, Canberra's broadband digital network, has finally
> been given the green light after months of protracted
> negotiations to secure finance.
>
> An ACTEW board meeting on Friday confirmed that TransACT
> would begin rolling out the high-speed ' fibre to the kerb'
> system across Canberra in September.
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> phone  +61 2 6241 7659
> mailto:me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au
> http://purl.oclc.org/NET/Tony.Barry

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