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$quoted_author = "Joe Greco" ; > > > >That's approximately correct. The true answer to the thought experiment > > >is "address those problems, don't continue to blindly pay those costs and > > >complain about how unique your problems are." Because the problems are > > >neither unique nor new - merely ingrained. People have solved them > > >before. > > > > "Address those problems" sounds quite a bit like an old Sam Kinnison > > routine, paraphrased as "move to where the broadband is! You live in > > a %*^&* expensive place." Sorry, but your statement comes across as > > arrogant, at least to me. > > It's arrogant to fix brokenness? Because I'm certainly there. In my > experience, if you don't bother to address problems, they're very likely > to remain, especially when money is involved on the opposite side. it's arrogant to use throwaway lines like "address those problems" when the reality is a complex political and corporate stoush over a former government entity with a monopoly on the local loop. AU should be at a stage where the next generation network (FTTx, for some values of x hopefully approaching H) will be built by a new, neutral entity owned by a consortium of telcos/ISPs with wholesale charges set on a cost recovery basis. if either political party realises how important this is for AUs future and stares down telstra in their game of ACCC chicken, that may even become a reality. cheers marty -- You get 10 points for difficulty, but for execution you get minus three. "Holding On" - Lazy Susan
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