[LINK] NSW government fibre
jeff.evans@iird.vic.gov.au
jeff.evans@iird.vic.gov.au
Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:31:19 +1000
Could Bill be thinking instead of StateNet?
>From the MMV site <
http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/CA256985002E8DB7/all/88DBCD7813B2FF1E4A2569A40003338C?open&1=21eGovernment~&2=05Projects~&3=10StateNet~
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StateNet FM
StateNet FM (Facilities Managed) provides communications facilities
services to Victorian Government departments and agencies. The services are
provided under an arrangement between the government and Telstra.
Some of these services are:
call accounting
carrier account reconciliation
contract switch board service
relocation management
consulting service
system or network management
maintenance contracts (voice services)
help desk
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Regards
Jeff Evans
Manager, Business Channel (acting)
Business Information Services
Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
Victoria, Australia
http://www.business.channel.vic.gov.au
http://www.businessaccess.vic.gov.au
http://www.export.vic.gov.au
http://www.ecommerce.vic.gov.au
Alan Sawyer
<alan@linerate To: <jeff.evans@iird.vic.gov.au>
.net> cc: "Bill D'Arcy" <billd@lisp.com.au>, <link@www.anu.edu.au>
Fax to:
22/10/2002 Subject: Re: [LINK] NSW government fibre
06:20 PM
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 jeff.evans@iird.vic.gov.au wrote:
Bill,
Unless a lot has changed in the last few years VicNet was/is not
synonymous with the attributes you ascribe to it.
However I was not aware of a 'first' VicNet, if anyone has info/URL's on
it please send.
Regards,
Alan.
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Russell Ashdown wrote:
> > On 21 Oct 2002 at 15:03, Bill D'Arcy wrote about:
> > [LINK] NSW government fibre
> >
> > capacity. My knowledge of VicNet is some ten years old, but I seem
> > to recall it, too had an over-abundance of unused capacity and
> > much dark fibre going wanting.
> > <snip>
>
> I do believe you're thinking of someone else, not VicNet.
> >>
>
> Yes, Russell, Vicnet's very different today; they are a branch of the
State
> Library of Victoria and operate as a portal and as an ISP; they are
> particularly active in helping Victorian community internet developments.
> They deliver several programs for Multimedia Victoria such as My
Connected
> Community < http://www.mc2.vicnet.net.au > SkillsNet <
> http://www.skills.net.au/ >
>
> Bill - Vic Gov't has programs to make use of the "dark fibre" you refer
to
> - see below. There's also the access@schools program that provides
funding
> for schools in rural and remote areas of the State to open their computer
> facilities after hours for community use.
>
> >From the Regional Connections statement:
> <
>
http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/CA256985002E8DB7/All/AD6B46CEC2470674CA2569980083BF2C?OpenDocument&1=80Resource_Centre~&2=20Publications~&3
>
> ~#regional >
>
> "VicTrack - Developing a Fibre Optic Network along
> the Victorian Regional Fast Rail Corridors
>
> The Government has made available the state's
> extensive railway infrastructure managed by VicTrack
> for improving regional connectivity.
> The Government has called for private sector
> partners within the Partnerships Victoria framework
> to provide fibre optic capacity to Geelong, Ballarat,
> Bendigo and Traralgon for the Regional Fast Rail
> Project and to provide improved regional
> connectivity. In addition, the Government has asked
> for private sector partners to utilise other VicTrack
> infrastructure, including infrastructure beyond the
> Regional Fast Rail (RFR) nodes.
>
> The deployment of additional fibre optic capacity to
> the RFR nodes and beyond will promote competition
> in the wholesale carrier market, and reduce
> telecommunications costs in regional Victoria."
>
> Regards
>
> Jeff Evans
> Manager, Business Channel (acting)
> Business Information Services
> Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
> Victoria, Australia
>
> http://www.business.channel.vic.gov.au
> http://www.businessaccess.vic.gov.au
> http://www.export.vic.gov.au
> http://www.ecommerce.vic.gov.au
>
>
>
> Alan Sawyer
> <alan@linerate. To: Russell Ashdown
<russell@Ashdown.net.au>
> net> cc: "Bill D'Arcy"
<billd@lisp.com.au>, <link@www.anu.edu.au>
> Sent by: Fax to:
> owner-link@www. Subject: Re: [LINK] NSW
government fibre
> anu.edu.au
>
>
> 21/10/2002
> 08:29 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Russell Ashdown wrote:
> > On 21 Oct 2002 at 15:03, Bill D'Arcy wrote about:
> > [LINK] NSW government fibre
> >
> > capacity. My knowledge of VicNet is some ten years old, but I seem
> > to recall it, too had an over-abundance of unused capacity and
> > much dark fibre going wanting.
> > <snip>
>
> I do believe you're thinking of someone else, not VicNet.
> Probably not VicOne either as they were a bootstrap operation if I ever
> saw one.
>
> Alan.
>
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