The bad LLU decision is doing some good. We moving from talk to action. On balance I don't think bundled or unbundled LL will make a lot of difference. Once we get past the initial dip in momentum of the BB uptake caused by the poorly structured Telecom ADSL marketing, the alternatives will create the steep upcurve we need to ensure the everyone has access to real broadband. One of the things InternetNZ pays me to do is to find and support ways make this happen. BB is too important to leave to telcos, governments, committees, NGOs, and local authorities. The more more models being developed, the better the chance of getting one or more right. Here are some points I would like you to consider, and where appropriate act. 1) Support all local BB initiatives. I am impressed with the stuff list contributors are doing. Real impact! 2) Encourage your local council to act. For example Manakau City http://www.manukau.govt.nz/smartmanukau.htm have taken a simple step by ensuring that conduit is in place for all new subdivisions. I will meet with Banksy (Auckland City) early in the new year. 3) Put pressure on the telcos to change their thinking. If they don't they won't have much to worry about in five years apart from managing a sunset business. 4) Support legislative improvements (not more legislation!) to support BB e.g.. create opportunities for glass to go in every time a hole is dug. Most ministers are supportive, but don't see the vision. 5) Encourage the telcos to keep supporting the interop facilitation headed by Judy Speight. This initiative has the potential to pre-empt many of the issues surrounding the hooking up of local initiatives. The level of Telco support has been surprising and seems genuine. 6) The lack of support of TUANZ is a concern http://www.tuanz.org.nz/url.cfm?pg=23 I have provided a list of issues to Ernie Newman. Members should ask TUANZ why they believe there are no interop issues that the telcos won't resolve 6) Don't worry whether people want BB. Not enough spenders wants innovative thinking until it is no longer innovative. The apps to make BB everything we envision will not appear until enough of the spenders have it. Who would have guessed the uptake of texting? 7) Talk to marketing people about this. They need to learn about what we will deliver to allow them to build the markets for the new stuff. 8) Talk to everyone about the shift away from telco-think to net-think. toll rates will no longer be the way to make a profit. 9) Don't be concerned over traffic models or uses for BB. Nobody knows where it is going. It is still interesting to think about it though. 10) Make outrageous press statements. 11) Support the NGI team as they work to create the new Academic & Research BB environment. 12 Secretly develop your new killer app. 13) Give me things to do. Feel free to contact me directly. Do we need a new list for this topic? -- Peter Macaulay Executive Director InternetNZ Direct +64 4 495 2113