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VIRTUALISATION Telstra competitors slam Sol's tip to incoming US President Obama
VIRTUALISATION Telstra competitors slam Sol's tip to incoming US President Obama | Telstra competitors slam Sol's tip to incoming US President Obama |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Tuesday, 20 January 2009 | |
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Not surprisingly, T4 - backed by carriers and ISPs including AAPT, iiNet, Internode, Macquarie Telecom, Optus, Primus Telecom, Telarus, TransACT, Unwired, WestNet and the Competitive Carriers' Coalition - had nothing good to say about Trujillo's words of wisdom. Now there's a surprise! The unattributed statement reads in part: "At least his recipe for the US Government is familiar – he asks for multi billion dollars in hand outs from tax payers with 'the right regulatory settings', which Australians will recognise as Telstra code for 'no competition strings attached, please'. "But the truth is that Europe, Japan, South Korea have stolen a march on the US in broadband because they increased pro-competition regulation over the past decade while the US did the opposite. "The pro-competition reforms have allowed competitors in those countries to access monopoly access network elements at reasonable prices, and seen broadband speeds and usage grow rapidly. "In the US, the laws allowing similar access have been wound back or removed, and the US has slid down international broadband rankings." CONTINUED |
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