[LINK] The monopoly we had to have

[Richard Chirgwin]

Indeed... you couldn't get Telstra to play, but I would ask (seriously) 
why the AARnet membership model could not be adapted to the ownership of 
the infrastructure under the NBN?

RC

David Boxall wrote:
> Restating the bleeding obvious about the National Broadband Network (NBN):
> <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/84436,opnion-the-monopoly-we-had-to-have.aspx>
> ...
>   
>> it really isn’t in anyone’s interest for any one private entity to own 
>> and control our nation’s broadband future. And we just aren’t big 
>> enough to have a half a dozen NBNs all competing with one another.
>>     
> ...
>   
>> Sure, we have to pay to get network built, so pay for it we must, but 
>> let’s not let any single telco hold us to ransom with future bleating 
>> about return on investment, shareholders’ demands and executive bonuses. 
>>     
> ...
> To that I'd add that equality of access is imperative for effective 
> retail competition. Telstra has an abysmal history of impeding retail 
> competition on networks it controls.
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