[LINK] Planned nbn outage comms

[David]

On Tuesday, 30 September 2025 11:57:07 AEST Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> On 9/30/25 11:11, David wrote:
>> On Monday, 29 September 2025 08:56:58 AEST Sylvano wrote:
>>> Is this the retailer being slack, a lack of data driven comms flow  between wholesaler and retailer, a generous use of the term ‘planned’ by the wholesaler, or … ?
>> ...or is it the result of privatising an essential social service which is a natural government-run monopoly?

> next you will suggest commbank should not have been sold off either.
Why would I suggest that?  CommBank is a different matter entirely.  For example they're closed on weekends and public holidays, but the whole country doesn't stop and people die as a result.

> By the way, (declaring I am a shareholder in Telstra) as I understand it NBN bought back poles and wires and tunnels for cables from privatised Optus and Telstra.
How is that of more than passing relevance?

> Oh and PMG telegraph poles and wires. See photo of Annandale Post Office (with gaslight and electricity pole which dates photo as between 1902 and 1910)   https://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/2712466810/in/photostream/
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> "The words "Sydney ELECTRIC LIGHTING" and "SMC 1910" appear on the facade mounted as single letters.".. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substation_No._15
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> [...]
Yes, I know Annandale PO well!

_DavidL_