Why the NBN needs to go the full way

Re:Why the NBN needs to go the full way by jacques_chester on Friday September 06, 2013 @01:26AM (#6338841)

Last I checked, Australia only has a few international pipes operated by a cost duopoly. All traffic is charged at high rates because it can go over those very expensive lines to the US, Guam or Singapore.

All it means is that the NBN will be expensive unless and until a third player enters the market ... and doesn't get immediately bought out.

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Re:Why the NBN needs to go the full way by Wingman4l7 on Friday September 06, 2013 @02:09AM (#6338946)

Duopoly? Who, besides Telstra, owns pipes? Optus?

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Re:Why the NBN needs to go the full way by jacques_chester on Friday September 06, 2013 @05:12AM (#6339413)

Looks like I've misread the current state of supply:

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/net-capacity-down...

Looks more like an oligopoly of 5 companies. Australian bandwidth charges are well above international benchmarks.

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Re:Why the NBN needs to go the full way by Wingman4l7 on Sunday September 08, 2013 @10:12PM (#6351464)

> Australian bandwidth charges are well above international benchmarks.

Along with costs of mobile phone service, housing, electronics, appliances, beer, and damn near everything else.

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Re:Why the NBN needs to go the full way by pugz on Friday September 06, 2013 @02:13AM (#6338959)

There's PIPE Pacific Cable (PPC-1), independent of Telstra[1].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Pacific_Cable

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