[LINK] how we got Aussat [was: Re: Link Digest, Vol 175, Issue 41

[Jan Whitaker]

At 01:32 PM 21/06/2007, Stewart Fist wrote:
>Free said about $10 million -- thinking, in terms of hiring a single channel
>from an international operator, on an annual basis.

And *that's* why debate is required: establishment of the goal posts. 
Right now, this talk about extended ADSL2+ installations is nuts. 
There's nothing magic in that. That part of the PLAN is corporate 
welfare by another name. People are just waiting for a cost effective 
extension of competition before they buy it. I know I am. With only 
one choice in my exchange because of the Tel$tra shenanigans, I'll 
wait, thank you very much.

But back to my point - the current situation involves a lot of people 
spinning out tales of "plans" who don't have a real understanding of 
what they're saying or else have such a tangential agenda that the 
whole thing is going to be another fiasco. And as David I think 
pointed out, the "vision", what little there is, is so near-sighted 
that it's worthless. Either that or the vision is so mixed as to what 
is intended that it's useless. What is it about this country and its 
'supposed' leaders? Is it something in the water?

Jan


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