My opinion is that this is a good long term result for internet users, but with short term disadvantages.
Local loop unbundling would have created a cosy club of telecommunications providers. The only area of competition being retailing, based on Telecom's wholesale offerings. We would have seen competition based on cutting margins in retailing. The problems relying on Telecom's local loop and its monopolistic behavior remain. This decision gives prospective service providers greater incentive to install their own modern network and as a consequence drive Telecom to improve an offering based on copper that has been lying beneath the water table for 30 years. Cheers Ross Drummond On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:34, you wrote: > It looks like the commerce commission has failed us, the local loop won't > be unbundled. > > So, how do you guys read this news? Will Telecom start turning up the > screws on us, or is this "bitstream access" enough to make a difference? > > Or will Telstra finally get of it's collective butt and bring cable the > last few hundred meters to my door? > > > > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > New Zealand > > A Million Monkeys can inflict worse things than just Shakespeare on > your system.
