[LINK] The Telstra Kerfuffle - PR and History

[Marghanita da Cruz]

David Boxall wrote:
> On 12/02/2010 7:48 PM, Frank O'Connor wrote:
<snip>
> If that's the case, as my limited experience indicates it is, then 
> there's probably thousands of kilometres of fibre already installed, but 
> lying dormant while Telstra sucks every last cent out of the copper network.
> 


There is lots of Optical Fibre lying in the ground and 
buildings. In the late 80s there was an idea that you cabled 
the building....in 2007, I watched a building being 
demolished in canberra. From the piles of cabling (which was 
carefully removed) for recycling (I hope) I would guess the 
cabling outlives the building.

FWIW at the NBN forum - Quigley did remark that the NBN 
would be looking at the cost of purchasing existing fibre vs 
lying new fibre. They would balance the cost of building vs 
the price of any existing cable.

Something that has struck me in all this, is where are we at 
with the USO?

Bear in mind that the expensive bit of Fibre is the 
termination. If Telstra wanted to charge me for switching my 
home line from copper to fibre - I would switch to a 
wireless service (maybe theirs maybe someone else's).

Another question that was asked at the forum, by someone who 
identified themselves as being from Transact, was whether 
the NBN was interested in purchasing Co-Ax - Quigly said - 
No. He also seemed to be keen to identify the representative 
from Foxtel who he expected to be in the room. Optus and 
Telstra also have co-ax they would like to offload.

Marghanita
PS thanks link...I didn't quite understand the cartoon in 
the Weekend Australian of a [casper the friendly type] ghost 
of Sol Trujilo sitting on David Thodey's shoulder.

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