[LINK] NBN a done-deal Thursday?

[Martin Barry]

$quoted_author = "Tom Koltai" ;
> 
> > Telstra expects to receive about $4.5 billion for 
> > transferring customers 
> > and about $4.5 billion for a long-term infrastructure leasing
> > contract. 
> 
> I presume that's the conduits in the streets.  The PT&T pits and cable
> ducts, installed with Australian Taxes.

Which, to be fair, were sold off when Telstra was privatised. Whether this
was a good financial or regulatory outcome is an exercise left to the
reader.

cheers
Marty