Yep I agree Ken. This was another idiotic decision by a technically and economically incompetent government who would rather high tech, high paying jobs go anywhere but Australia. Pretty soon every advanced economy and a stack of developing economies will and do have faster internet than us.
On 5 Jan 2018 9:03 AM, "Ken Schaefer" <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > 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:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-bounces@ > ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Connors > *Sent:* Friday, 5 January 2018 12:27 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE > > > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 at 10:53 Tony Wright <tonyw...@gmail.com> 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 > da...@connors.com | @davidconnors | https://t.me/davidconnors > | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363 >
