On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:02:37 +1300, Richard Naylor wrote
At 05:30 p.m. 27/12/2003 +1300, Steve Withers wrote:
TUANZ just bleated on about number portability and interconnect and failed to see what else was on offer. They've finally woken up to broadband - about 6 years too late.
Richard, what is TUANZ doing now that you see of value?
Is that really news to anyone? The same thing has happened almost everywhere there was a dominant player effectively controlling the market.
I would disagree Steve. The dominant player is also bogged down with entrenched thinking and a huge investment in equipment thats past its use by date. Hence the earlier debate about architecture et al. So you just compete by being massively better. Its not hard when cheap gig switches are under $300
Are there any rules now about putting a bit of cable up along the back fence? What can I do if I want to run around my block but one neighbour doesn't want to be connected? Do I have to be a "registered anything"... for example in AU you have to pay $10,000 to get a carrier licence to do anything with the internet unless it's provided free - even then I think there are still rules.
There was - in real terms - no opportunity to be squandered. The cost/price curves never met for competitors - because Telecom was gifted an infrastructure that cost far more to build than what they paid for it.
The competitors tried playing on the same playing field. At a time when technology is rampantly changing, the trick is to make your own playing field using the new stuff.
IAWR - Be a leader rather than a follower! Cheers DiG -- Don Gould The technology exists to give every home 10mbits per second for $10 per month! Ask not what your telephone company should do for you... ...but what you can do for your broadband community!