On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Jan Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote: > In case our Canberrans missed this news: > http://www.canberratimes.com.au/it-pro/government-it/iinet-seals-multimillion-dollar-nbn-deal-20130523-2k1zx.html >
Sounds like steep price to pay(and less competition for the consumer), to get access to city-wide underground ducts. I wonder if AU has any competition rules in place to mandate incumbents to share its underground ducts, or none? Spain -there could be many others but due to the same language, that's one country I keep an eye on- has put in effect superb rules to that effect,even calling for the use of "microducts" to separate cables and fibre from different operators inside the same pipe. http://www.publico.es/273083/fin-del-monopolio-de-telefonica-en-el-subsuelo (Spanish language link, use Google Translate) Another useful reference: (also Spanish :-/) http://www.slideshare.net/blogcmt/presentacion-oferta-mar-co Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microducts ...Just thinking aloud from the other side of the globe... ;) FC Buenos Aires, Argentina _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
