[LINK] potential Telstra breakup

[Jan Whitaker]

Here's the full URL. I had assumed the tinyurl provided on the Age 
was the same but I see now that it leads to Coonan's page. Here's the Age one:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/telstra-faces-enforced-split/2007/10/02/1191091114582.html

Funny thing just happened on Melbourne ABC. Paul Budde was in the 
middle of an interview with Jon Faine about this and the whole thing 
went dead! I wonder if the Minister didn't like what she was hearing! LOL

Jan

At 10:18 AM 3/10/2007, anthony hornby wrote:
>Hi Jan,
>Where is the current article you've quoted available to read?
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>Regards Anthony.
>
>On 10/3/07, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:
> > I'm sure you've heard, but thought I'd get it in the archives since
> > the Link Institute has been discussing/promoting? this idea for 
> donkey's years!
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/3dk2wr
> >
> > Telstra faces enforced split
> > Katharine Murphy and Jesse Hogan
> > October 3, 2007
> >
> > THE Federal Government is considering an enforced split of Telstra's
> > retail and infrastructure divisions in a significant escalation of
> > hostilities between the telco giant and Canberra.
> >
> > Communications Minister Helen Coonan has confirmed an expert
> > taskforce is considering structural separation as part of a process
> > determining which telecommunications company will build a high-speed
> > broadband network in the cities.
> >
> > "We are looking at whether or not some structural separation may
> > eventuate in any event as a result of the expert taskforce," Senator
> > Coonan told Sky News yesterday.
> > [snip]
> >
> >
> > Pity they didn't do this beforehand and keep the network ownership in
> > public hands!!!
> >
> > Jan
> >
> > Jan Whitaker
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Living, like writing, requires no wisdom. Only revising does. - Jim 
Sollisch, Sept, 2007
'Seed planting is often the most important step. Without the seed, 
there is no plant.' - JW, April 2005
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