On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:14, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > I heard that we were used as lab rats to see how well a fibre Cable > network would work out economically in this part of the world, before > deploying similar in Aust. My informant told me that they were very > disappointed that Cable-TV didn't take off as they had hoped, but were > absolutely amazed that the Internet connections are as popular as they > are.
TheKey = "Outbid Rupert Murdoch for sports broadcast rights" PayTVProfit = ($TheKey + infrastructure + marketing + patience) Telstra Clear never brought enough chips to the table to win the $TheKey and lacked patience. Also at the critical time Telecom and Rupert were mates in Sky TV so would have made $TheKey as difficult as possible. When you invest for $PayTVProfit and fail, but serendipitously discover an unexpected demand for internet, wouldn't an agile owner exploit this instead of killing this demand with 45 minute waits for call centre assistance? I am wandering off topic so I will terminate this part of the thread with this post. Cheers Ross Drummond
