By building for the far-off future - which doesn't require significantly more upfront cost - makes it more likely to make a financial return, not less likely, by extending the time period they can receive wholesale rental revenue by a decade or more.
-------- Original Message -------- From: David Boxall <[email protected]> Sent: 21 March 2016 8:53:16 pm AEDT To: Link <[email protected]> Subject: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages <http://www.afr.com/technology/web/nbn/nbn-chief-seeks-advice-of-us-tech-giants-as-broadband-technology-debate-rages-20160318-gnlxcp> > He said those advocating for NBN to build for the far-off future were > ignoring the fact that it was set up as an enterprise required to make > a financial return, rather than as a public service. Can't have government providing services, can we? -- David Boxall | "Cheer up" they said. | "Things could be worse." http://david.boxall.id.au | So I cheered up and, | Sure enough, things got worse. | --Murphy's musing _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Sent unplugged _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
