On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 12:25:12PM +1100, David Boxall wrote: > Source: > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/BIRRR/permalink/438677579674268/?comment_id=438785029663523&offset=0&total_comments=6&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R2%22%7D>
> > Therefore, the only way out of this disastrous national telecomms > > infrastructure wreckage is to immediately put all the telecomms > > infrastructure in sub-Government (Commission) hands, so the natural > > focus is to provide consistent Broadband technology overall Australia > > (i.e. outside the main capital cities) and focus the Retail Reselling > > in Private hands (as their core business). that's part of what the original (Labor) NBN was supposed to do. public-owned and managed infrastructure, with numerous private service providers on top all using the same infrastructure as a level playing field. of course, that's too competitive for huge corporate monopolists (they might have to compete on service or quality or innovation rather than customer lock-in and a plethora of product confusion), so it had to die. craig -- craig sanders <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
