Re: Fast broadband: Telstra the only option

Alan Parkington <parkingtona@team.telstra.com> wrote:

> From
> http://www.theage.com.au/news/busine...555530479.html

> When will the politicians admit reality?

When will you ****wit journos ever get a clue ?

Never, thats when.

> Telstra must build the high-speed broadband network.

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you have never ever had a ****ing clue.

> AUSTRALIA has a high-cost, second-rate telecommunications network.

Bare faced lie.

> The reason is that neither side of politics will admit that the network
> is a monopoly which must be regulated in the public interest.

They did just that with the regulatory detail imposed on telstra, ****wit.

> The rot set in when it was pointed out to the politicians that
> Australia's two-part tariff (low-cost to connect and above-cost
> charges for phone calls) provided a lucrative opening for arbitrage that could be sold to the electorate as
> competition.

Not a ****ing clue.

> In 1990, plans were made to issue a second telecommunications
> licence. In return for a subsidised entry price into the network,
> which had an upfront value of about $2 billion, Optus paid $800
> million for its licence.

And took the abortion Aussat off the govts hands too.

> The cost of telecommunications has fallen since the advent of
> competition, but lower prices were driven, not by competition, but by technological change, guaranteed by the price
> cap.

Not a ****ing clue. In spades with calls out of the country.

> Worse, prices have risen relative to the rest of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries

Bare faced lie.

> because they have not been as zealous in the pursuit of competition.

Its that competition that has produced **** all in
the way of profits for anyone except telstra, ****wit.

> The biggest barrier to the roll-out of a high-quality, low-cost broadband network in Australia

We've got that already, ****wit.

> is the failure of the major political parties to recognise that the network is a natural monopoly and the
> regulatory framework has to reflect and facilitate this.

We've got that already, ****wit.

> But even at this late stage, when it is clear that the necessary precondition for a roll-out of fibre optic cable is
> the removal of the regulatory roadblocks,

Have fun explaining how come Optarse did its duplication
of the national fibre optic backbone without that, ****wit.

> neither the Coalition nor Labor have come up with a sensible policy.

Neither have ****wits like you.

> The Coalition policy is the most irresponsible.

Not a ****ing clue.

> The billion dollar hand-out to the Optus-Elders (Opel) consortium

It wasnt a handout, they have to spend the same amount themselves, ****wit.

> to deploy a WiMAX wireless network in the bush is likely to be wasted.

It involves a lot more than JUST wimax, ****wit.

> Most experts say it is not suitable for rural and remote areas.

Then they are pig ignorant fools.

And fibre optic to the home isnt viable at all in those areas, ****wit.

> The Coalition decision to underwrite the Opel WiMAX wireless network seems to have been based on a visceral hatred of
> the current Telstra management and a deep cynicism where it was prepared to waste a billion dollars to shore up
> support for the National Party in the bush.

Or they actually had enough of a clue to realise that it was
the only thing that made any sense when telstra's alternative
is utterly obsene data charges on their NextG network instead.

And that it delivers real competition in rural areas too.

And its just spending a microscopic part of what
the govt got when they flogged off telstra anyway.

> Even if WiMAX works,

Corse it will work, it works everywhere else, ****wit.

> it will be made redundant by the roll-out of fibre optic cable in the bush,

There wont be any FTTH in the bush, ****wit.

> which could be completed within four years, providing the incoming government agreed to Telstra's terms.

Telstra never ever proposed FTTH in the bush, ****wit.

> Based on the opinion polls, Labor can be expected to form the next government.

And we'll see if those polls are right wont we ?

> It has said that it supports the Telstra proposal for the
> $8.7 billion roll-out of a fibre-optic network, involving a $4.7 billion government capital contribution.

Pity it aint actually stupid enough to let telstra do it, ****wit.