[LINK] Telstra's at it again

[David Boxall]

Telstra has submitted an incomplete NBN bid, apparently in the belief 
that the government won't dare give the contract to anyone else.

<http://www.itnews.com.au/News/89863,telstra-baits-government-with-nbn-detail-carrot.aspx>
> Telstra will hold the government to ransom by submitting a ‘proposal’ to build a $9.7 billion National Broadband Network but withholding more detailed bid documents.
...
> Only 90 percent of the population will be covered...
The government and the other bidders evidently believe that 98% is 
possible.  In other words, Telstra wants to cherry-pick.  Is it the 
Australian way, to do less than our best?
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> Prices would start at $29.95 for an ‘entry-level’ 1Mbps plan – but only if customers signed up for a Telstra fixed line service.
So much for open access.
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> “Our proposal is subject to a number of conditions for the life of the project, including no further separation of Telstra and regulatory certainty,” McGauchie said.
Bugger separation.  Exterminate!

Telstra has not submitted a complete bid.  By all rights, it's thus 
ineligible.  Does our government have the courage to walk away from our 
dominant telco?

-- 
David Boxall                    |  All that is required
                                 |  for evil to prevail is
                                 |  for good men to do nothing.
                                 |     -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)