http://www.buddeblog.com.au/now-we-need-an-ict-2020-summit/ From Paul's Desk Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:42:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.buddeblog.com.au/now-we-need-an-ict-2020-summit/#comment-76306 Peter Senior Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:53:29 +0000 http://www.buddeblog.com.au/now-we-need-an-ict-2020-summit/#comment-76306 The new Minister is far too smart to not realise that, as you note in your blog, a vertically integrated monopoly telecoms firm will never deliver anything but typical inefficient and over-priced services - as demonstrated in the UK and NZ. You/we also know the answer: real competition or, failing that, a fully separated network. So what is going on in the Minister's mind? Who is manipulating whom, and how? How about putting together a series of hard-hitting questions on behalf of the whole industry that address this and related issues and asking the Minister for objective answers? A full-page letter in the Australian would be a good way to convey the questions. I'm sure you'd have many eager contributors to the full-page ad cost. This could even be a pre-stated output for a 2020 Telecom Conference. The new Minister is far too smart to not realise that, as you note in your blog, a vertically integrated monopoly telecoms firm will never deliver anything but typical inefficient and over-priced services - as demonstrated in the UK and NZ. You/we also know the answer: real competition or, failing that, a fully separated network. So what is going on in the Minister’s mind? Who is manipulating whom, and how? How about putting together a series of hard-hitting questions on behalf of the whole industry that address this and related issues and asking the Minister for objective answers? A full-page letter in the Australian would be a good way to convey the questions. I’m sure you’d have many eager contributors to the full-page ad cost. This could even be a pre-stated output for a 2020 Telecom Conference.

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