[MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] 1.5Mbit/sec DSL providers - further OT

[Dawid]

Telstra the incumbent.
With current trends Telstra will eventually become just a wholesale
provider with resellers taking the services to the market. The resellers
will ensure that their markets are not compromised by the incumbent
which will put pressure/force the incumbent to pick itself up and ensure
qos.
This will work as the incumbent is too large and slow to react to market
demands, smaller entrepreneurial Telco's will have a greater
understanding of the market.

Dav

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Craig Sanders
Sent: Saturday, 6 November 2004 11:14 PM
To: Tim Hogard
Cc: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] 1.5Mbit/sec DSL providers - further OT

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 04:06:38AM +0000, Tim Hogard wrote:
> > this is part of what is wrong with privatising telstra. as a public
> > service, telecom had a responsibility to provide reliable phone
> > service to the australian public. as a private company, telstra has
> > a responsibility to maximise return to shareholders WITHOUT REGARD
> > TO THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC
>
> Thats is why palces that have had private telcos forever have things
> like Public Utilities Commissions.

they don't work in other countries, why would they work here?

> What needs to happen is Telstra needs to be split into a companies
that
> owns the lines between exchanges, regional based copper owners and
> all the other fluff (like the phone books, web hosting, newspapers)
> and sold off.  

it should be split into "infrastructure" and "value-added services",
with the
former being kept 100% in public hands, and the latter privatised.  if
telstra
wants to be a private corp then it can compete on a level playing field
with
every other telco.

> If the local councils want to buy the copper, fine, let them.

telecommunications infrastructure should be run by a single national
entity,
not hundreds or thousands of weirdo incompatible local networks.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)


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