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Telecommunications Tier 2 carriers want FTTN review panel to canvass all options
Telecommunications Tier 2 carriers want FTTN review panel to canvass all options | Tier 2 carriers want FTTN review panel to canvass all options |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 19 June 2007 | |
  
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CCC executive director, David Forman, said: "Whatever network is built today is one that will be inherited by future generations, so it cannot be assumed that the Telstra and G9 proposals are the best, simply because those two have been making the most noise in the past year." T4 (Tell the Truth Telstra) - whose members are AAPT, Adam Internet, Austar, iiNet, Internode, Macquarie Telecom, Powertel, Primus Telecom, Telarus, TransACT, WestNet and Unwired - also announced its support for the Government’s expert panel on broadband, and called for a review of all broadband options, not just those from Telstra and the G9 that are on the table. It said that the panel should consider the role of all technologies including wireless to determine the best option. “The panel has the opportunity to review the best option for Australia’s future. This should not just be a debate on the merits of two rival proposals...This is a unique opportunity to ensure that Australia has the best technology possible and the right infrastructure to support the its immediate and future needs,” a spokesman said. T4 also warned the panel against caving into Telstra’s demand for a quick-fix decision. “Telstra has pressured the Government to rush through a decision on FTTN. It used the premise of its budgeting schedule to try and push a result – and undermine the competition. The panel must be given sufficient time and scope to make such a major decision; one that will concern broadband for Australia’s next generation. Telstra must not be allowed to define the terms and timeline of that decision.” The CCC wrote to the minister for communications and the treasurer earlier this month calling for the panel to review the full range of issues, including; • An emphasis on the most sustainable model of competition; • A pathway to the lowest on going regulatory burden over time, consistent with growing competitive forces and the benefits to consumers that this delivers; • The lowest sustainable price setting process most reflective of true cost, without locking in over-recovery of start up capital expense; • World best thinking on regulatory structures; and • The views of a broad range of opinion, and not be confined to the two identified "bidders" wishing build a FTTN network.{moscomment} |
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