[LINK] Self-regulation failure forces Conroy to lay down NBN law

[David Boxall]

A near-monopoly tries to prevent competition.  What a surprise.
<http://www.itnews.com.au/News/91373,self-regulation-failure-forces-conroy-to-lay-down-nbn-law.aspx>
> Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has criticised the 
> Australian telecommunications sector for its inability to ‘cooperate,
> have a discussion or reach a common position’ on the NBN – or 
> anything else of importance.
...
> ... David Kennedy, a research director at Ovum Research, said ...
> “What we’ve actually seen evolve is a standoff between Telstra and
> the rest of the industry, with the ACCC and sometimes the Minister
> called in as referees,” said Kennedy.
> 
> “The polarisation is between Telstra and the rest. It’s been very 
> hard for those two groups to form consensus on issues because they 
> are diametrically opposed on them generally.”
> 
> Kennedy also said that despite Telstra’s exclusion from the RFP 
> process, it would be impossible to keep them fully out of the NBN.
> 
> “I think they have to be involved in final arrangements in some way 
> if only because any alternative bidder would still have to use 
> Telstra’s copper,” said Kennedy.
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David Boxall                    |  Dogs look up to us
                                 |  And cats look down on us
                                 |  But pigs treat us as equals
                                                   --Winston Churchill