[LINK] Mobile Co-location

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Regarding mobile phone charges in Australia, Martin writes,

>> In that case, why not allow city sims. That is, i'd be happy to slip
> > a new sim card in my phone, if it meant that the rates from that say
> > Sydney-only carrier where fantastic.. all on cheap and cheerful piggy
> > backed antennas.
> 
> It's here already, it's called 3. On their network, which is only in
> metro areas of major capitals, the going rate is better than all the
> other mobile providers. Outside those areas you roam onto someone elses
> network and they basically pass on the increased cost of data to you.
> cheers Marty

Yes, the results of competition, sounds good .. and so why stop at three :)

Ah well .. at least the AMTA have decided to database our mobile antennas,
even if they don't seem to share them much. If ma&pa telco spent not much
money on twelve mobile towers, they'd 3G mobile footprint our whole shire.

Why isn't this happening? Why are the big-cosy-four below our only players?

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