Just goes to prove that Telstra has become an irrelevant telco wholesaler.

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Alan Parkington <parkingtona@team.telstra.com> wrote:
>
>> From
>> http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/...486137175.html
>
>> TELSTRA could end up building the $8 billion broadband network
>> federal Labor has promised to deliver if it wins government.
>
> Unlikely that Rudd is actually that stupid.
>
>> The chief executive of Telstra, Sol Trujillo, said late last week Telstra
>> would examine Labor's plan for a public-private partnership with one or
>> more telcos, in effect a re-nationalisation of the phone network.
>
> No it aint, just the broadband network.
>
>> Telstra could consider bidding to build the network and open it on a
>> commercial wholesale basis if Labor wins the election.
>
> And its unlikely that even Rudd would be stupid enough to buy that.
>
>> Alternatively, Telstra could follow the lead of British Telecom and set
>> up a separate corporation in which it, the Government and other investors
>> would share costs and profit.
>
> And its unlikely that even Rudd would be stupid enough to buy that.
>
>> Mr Trujillo said he did not reject the broad principle of Labor's
>> platform,
>
> What an arrogant fool.
>
>> but the detail would need to be clarified before committing Telstra or
>> shareholders' money.
>
> They're gunna spend the taxpayer's money, fool.
>
>> "Building a national network [of the kind Labor proposes] would be many
>> times more complex [than building the mobile network, Next G]," he said.
>
> Must be one of those rocket scientist fuckwits.
>
>> The critical issue for Telstra is that it already has a fibre optic
>> network linking its phone exchanges across Australia.
>
> And Optarse already has a fibre optic network of its own.
>
>> It would be expected to argue that duplicating or overbuilding part or
>> all of its infrastructure would not make commercial sense.
>
> Irrelevant to what Labor is planning to do.
>
>> Telstra is also likely to expect a Labor government would compensate it
>> for using some of its existing network.
>
> It can expect whatever it likes. It gets to wear whatever they decide to
> do.
>
> In spades with Howard's govt once it gets reelected.
>



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