[LINK] Keep or sell or ditch, when faced by definite loss of monopoly of resources

[Jan Whitaker]

At 11:14 AM 8/04/2009, David Boxall wrote:
> > I don't know if it will be possible for the NBN to do deals with willing
> > sellers of existing high bandwidth elements
>
>If it isn't, the consequent waste will be shameful. The (highly
>probable) structural separation should facilitate incorporation of
>suitable Telstra assets into the NBN.

I heard Simon Hackett from Internode on ABC on the noon program. He 
made a good point about not involving Telstra's ducts because they 
could start out saying they're 'playing ball', but who knows what 
they would do in 10 years time. When asked if he trusted them, he 
said, "I trust them to be Telstra." So not only is it the issue of 
the Telstra fibre, but also use of any of their assets.

Jan



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