[MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] 1.5Mbit/sec DSL providers - further OT

[Craig Sanders]

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 04:06:38AM +0000, Tim Hogard wrote:
> > this is part of what is wrong with privatising telstra. as a public
> > service, telecom had a responsibility to provide reliable phone
> > service to the australian public. as a private company, telstra has
> > a responsibility to maximise return to shareholders WITHOUT REGARD
> > TO THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC
>
> Thats is why palces that have had private telcos forever have things
> like Public Utilities Commissions.

they don't work in other countries, why would they work here?

> What needs to happen is Telstra needs to be split into a companies that
> owns the lines between exchanges, regional based copper owners and
> all the other fluff (like the phone books, web hosting, newspapers)
> and sold off.  

it should be split into "infrastructure" and "value-added services", with the
former being kept 100% in public hands, and the latter privatised.  if telstra
wants to be a private corp then it can compete on a level playing field with
every other telco.

> If the local councils want to buy the copper, fine, let them.

telecommunications infrastructure should be run by a single national entity,
not hundreds or thousands of weirdo incompatible local networks.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)


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