Mr.T wrote:
> "Vote out Brendan Nelson" <vote@out.com> wrote in message
> news:48248507$0$30460$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
>> 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.
>
>
You can blame John Howard the fucken coward for standing up to Telstra's
bullying tactics to stymie competition and the toothless ACCC for not
doing anything.