All the other ISPs that have user bases, but no physical infrastructure, didn’t get compensated for their “user base” did they? Only those ISPs that had physical copper or HFC networks?
If so, it seems very much like compensation for the physical infrastructure. The Telstra and Optus could have kept their user base (and associated value derived from that) on the new physical platform. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 12:27 PM To: ozDotNet <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 at 10:53 Tony Wright <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: So what did they pay for? Compensation for what was effectively a compulsory acquisition of their user bases. That price paid saw all of the existing HFC/CAN infrastructure thrown out at $0 value. Once they opted to use these assets no additional money changed hands. David. -- David Connors [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | @davidconnors | https://t.me/davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363
