[LINK] Customers may be forced on to NBN to keep phones

[Max Devlin]

On 12/10/2010, Richard Chirgwin <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>  As to DSL - eg, "Naked" plans - it's a change of retail / wholesale
>  relationship. You're still "forced" to connect to Telstra's copper to do

Except that hyour not "forced" to do anything except exercise a choice
to have an already existing copper wire connected to someone other
than telstra at the exchange.

The point about fibre is that you might be forced to have/pay for it
laid across your land whether you want NBN style broadband or not. And
55pc of Tasmanians given the chance refused to sign up.

And now your being told that even if you choose not to have NBN fibre
you are still "forced" to have it laid if you want a phone.

I haven't heard that before. I vote no!

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