thegoons <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote:

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

Nope, and they aint just a wholesaler either.

The vast bulk of new broadband users sign up with telstra.


> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5lqcgqF9govqU1@mid.individual.net...
>> 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.