"Vote out Brendan Nelson" <vote@out.com> wrote in message
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> The only company that can deliver FTTH (Fibre to the Home) is Optus only
> if bloody Telstra backed protesters didn't get in the way in the late
> 1990's it could of been done already in the captial cities at least.

Both companies provide FTTH or FTTN in most parts of Melbourne and Sydney
already. Then they realised the take up rate for overpriced cable TV was
less than expected and both companies stopped their roll outs.
Without privatisation and duplication, we could have had one fibre to twice
as many homes instead, and over 99% mobile coverage by now, for no extra
cost.
Too bad for much of Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart, not to mention
most country towns of course.

MrT.