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Telstra spits the dummy, but node news is not so bad news after all.

Australasian Business Intelligence, August, 2006

Byline: Alan Kohler

Aug 08, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The management of Australian telco Telstra is desperate to thwart growing competition in the broadband internet segment. After an unfavourable ruling by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on asymmetric digital subscriber lines (ADSL), and another soon expected in unconditioned local loop copper wires, CEO Sol Trujillo attempted to create a new monopoly area for Telstra. His plans for a $A4bn "fibre to the node" network however have also been rendered ineffective by the regulator. The Australian Government is unlikely to step in and build the necessary fibre optics infrastructure itself, but it should be noted that current, ADSL-based internet services are more than adequate for...

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