[LINK] NBN & Telstra

[David Boxall]

On 5/03/2010 2:44 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> ...
> Telstra and NBN Co: damned if they do ...
>
> ...
> The sales pitch could be that with the network rated a goer with or
> without its help, an upfront payment and perhaps a side-deal giving it an
> income stream from the network is the best of a bunch of bad options, and
> certainly preferable to taking its existing, ageing network into head-on
> competition.
> ...
For the past few weeks, I've regularly passed an open Telstra pit in the 
shopping district of a nearby town. It's a bit of a trip hazard, but the 
pit is crammed with cables, so nobody can actually fall into it. Lying 
on top is a cut-off soft drink bottle sealed with insulating tape, with 
cables running into it. Presumably a temporary repair that achieved some 
level of permanence.

If that's typical (and I've seen worse in the countryside), then then 
there's not much left of the "ageing network" to go into competition.

Wasn't privatisation supposed to ensure adequate funding of network 
maintenance and repairs?

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