I don't know whether I like to see that "Grass_GIS" no also supports the dismantling of tax-payed infrastructures. But hey, it's free software so people are also free to use it to behave like true cheapskates, I guess.
Benjamin David Hine wrote: > Dear All > > Telstra is the largest telco in Australia and was once fully owned by > the federal government as part of the post office. They used GRASS for > analysis.. as below > > GRASS only in research institutions…. Not in this case… > > > > David Hine > > > >>From http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1787316484 > > > > *ACCC launches public consultation on Telstra SAO exemption* > > Telstra wants out of regional obligations > > Dahna McConnachie > <http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/authid;31935179> 20/10/2007 > 04:09:15 > > > > The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today launched > a public consultation on Telstra's transmission capacity exemption > application. > > Telstra has applied to the ACCC for exemption from service obligations > in 20 regional areas due to growing infrastructure competition. > > The ACCC set up Standard Access Obligations (SAOs) in June 1997 that > require a service provider to offer its domestic transmission capacity > service to other service providers, along with specified ancillary > services, upon request, where there is limited infrastructure. > > A domestic transmission capacity service is a generic service that can > be used for the carriage of voice, data or other communications using > wideband or broadband carriage. > > In a 2004 inquiry, the ACCC proposed that geographical routes which have > at least three optical fibre suppliers either serving these regional > centres or in very close proximity (within 1km or less from the General > Post Office (GPO) of a regional centre for a given capital-regional > route) be exempted from declaration. > > In its application, Telstra has proposed that any optical fibre network > carrier within a distance from the regional centre, equal to 5 per cent > of the route distance between the capital city and the regional centre, > should also be counted as a competitor in the market. > > Telstra's application includes a Market Clarity report, which measured > distances between infrastructure Points of Presence (POPs) and > Australian General Post Offices (GPOs) using the open source GIS tool, > Grass_GIS. > > These distances were then compared to a radial distance (equal to 5 per > cent of the route distance between the capital city and regional > centre), in order to find the number of POPs within a 'radius distance' > from a Post Office. > > Based on this data, there are 20 regional areas around South Australia, > QLD, Vic and NSW with over providers, including Telstra. > > The ACCC has issued a discussion paper > <http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/797275> on Telstra's > exemption application. Written submissions in response to the discussion > paper are requested by 9 November 2007. > > > > > > David Hine > > > > > Land and Water Management PL > 29 Pacific Pde > Mission Beach Qld 4852 > > Australia > > Tel: (within Australia) 1300 661 633 > > (international) +61 7 4015 3470 > Fax: +61 7 4088 6146 > Mob: 0429 886 146 > > /Supplying tools for better environmental management// > /www.landandwater.com.au <http://www.landandwater.com.au/>// > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > grassuser mailing list > grassuser@grass.itc.it > http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser -- Benjamin Ducke, M.A. Archäoinformatik (Archaeoinformation Science) Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Inst. of Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology) Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2-6 D 24098 Kiel Germany Tel.: ++49 (0)431 880-3378 / -3379 Fax : ++49 (0)431 880-7300 www.uni-kiel.de/ufg _______________________________________________ grassuser mailing list grassuser@grass.itc.it http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser