[LINK] Telstra calls separation a 'fool's gold' debate

[David Boxall]

<http://www.itnews.com.au/News/84014,telstra-calls-separation-a-fools-gold-debate.aspx>
> "The NBN is urgently required to secure Australia's future economic 
> prosperity and Telstra stands ready to build as long as it is in our 
> shareholders' interest to do so.”
I see that attitude as a problem. National interests are at stake: those 
of shareholders (in any company) are not primary.

> Quilty also used the opportunity to reiterate Telstra's ‘absolute 
> guarantee’ that the NBN would be an open access network.
>
> "Open access means that Telstra's competitors will be able to access 
> the NBN on an equivalent basis as Telstra's own business units,” said 
> Quilty.
He would say that, wouldn't he?

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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