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    Unbundling of the local loop

    How come there aint any threads over this already?

    Telecoms days of monopoly are over http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3656403a10,00.html

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    Firstly halle f'in lujah, the bitch is dead
    Secondly your thread title is a bit bland- Telecom can suck my big one would have gone down better I feel :P
    I like the way the govt decided in the morning and telescum knew by mid afternoon. Spose thier lobbying guys couldnt stop it this time (not enough bribes to the right minister I reckon) but they could still squeal to the bosses

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    Quote Originally Posted by Storm
    Firstly halle f'in lujah, the bitch is dead
    Secondly your thread title is a bit bland- Telecom can suck my big one would have gone down better I feel :P
    cow poos prob wont understand this title so hopefully the thread will stay on track for a bit.

    Very interesting how Telescum found out the info so fast.

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    about bloody time too! now maybe we'll not get so arse raped over pricing and packages!
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    Well, when you have had a 700million odd profit for who knows how many years, you can afford to "tip" a little here and there into the pockets of those secretary types who are in the background at these govt meetings
    PS I see your point re cowpoos, I retract my earlier comment
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    Don't be alarmed, but I don't think this'll make too much difference. Telecom WILL price the competition out of the market. They don't have to fund the investment like their competition will.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fatjim
    Don't be alarmed, but I don't think this'll make too much difference. Telecom WILL price the competition out of the market. They don't have to fund the investment like their competition will.
    Includes clauses to prevent a monopoly playing others out of the market according to the boffin on the tv

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    Don't get too excited yet ... In England they unbundled the local loop and some people ended up waiting months for services. Everyone was blaming everyone else (usually BT), and they were saying it was nothing to do with them, blah blah.

    Best idea is for wireless technologies to be developed further. If we had a 3rd player in the wireless market (Telstra build something!), then mobiles should cost less and you wouldn't have to worry about local loops.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdb
    Best idea is for wireless technologies to be developed further. If we had a 3rd player in the wireless market (Telstra build something!), then mobiles should cost less and you wouldn't have to worry about local loops.
    Who are the two you are reffering to? I am on wireless with Iconz, and theres whoosh pretty sure some others about as well.

    802.16 or WiMAX whould provide a cheaper and nearly as fast alternative to the wired access that telecom has had control over, in fact this is being rolled out for rurla and sparsley pop areas already in NZ

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    Telecom haters REJOICE!

    The cabinet had been planning to force Telecom to unbundle - they were going to announce it as part of the budget. Finally. However some soon-to-be-unemployed halfwit felt fit to leak the papers to beloved Telescum themselves.

    So the "part of the budget" bit was scrapped and got turned into "right now".

    http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3656403a10,00.html

    Wiping THREE QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLARS off their market capitalisation. The rest will have to wait until the markets open here.

    So, if you're one of the smug cnuts with Telecom shares I'd like to say "haa haa" and suggest that you might be wanting to sell that beemer about now.

    Dave

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    fucken telecom arseholes , its about time

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    Quote Originally Posted by Battle Toad of Doom
    Damn. Sorry.

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    I'll believe that snake is scotched when I see it filletted.

    Telecom will tie this up for decades in the courts. Even if (which I doubt) the gubbermint goes through with it. This capitalist government is bought and sold to the likes of Telecom, the dog won't turn on its master.

    Interesting though, that the markets value the monopoly at $750million. Even at a 20:1 multiplier that makes nearly $40 million a year that Telecom having been gouging the oublic for.
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