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> A couple of Delimiter articles on the government's plans for the NBN. > > Psychosois is characterised by a loss of contact with reality. > Repeating behaviour in the expectation of a different outcome is said > to indicate mental illness. We tried privatisation with the copper and > mobile telecommunications networks. Judge for yourself how well that > worked. For this phenomenon, I've coined the term "Privatisation > Psychosis". > > I reckon it's pretty clear that, for natural monopolies, privatisation > simply doesn't work. Where the natural monopoly is an essential > service, I believe that privatisation should not be legal. Any entity > that participates in a privatisation deal should be on notice that the > asset will eventually return to public ownership and they probably > won't make a profit on the deal. > > <https://delimiter.com.au/2016/02/17/its-begun-split-up-the-nbn-and-sell-it-off-says-infrastructure-australia/> > <https://delimiter.com.au/2016/02/18/history-repeating-how-the-govt-will-privatise-nbn-co/> -- David Boxall | In a hierarchical organization, | the higher the level, http://david.boxall.id.au | the greater the confusion. | --Dow's Law. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
