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To be frank, that has a lot to do with the shifting Australian regulatory conditions, specifically deregulation. Your fixed line services, at the national level

To be frank, that has a lot to do with the shifting Australian regulatory conditions, specifically deregulation. Your fixed line services, at the national level, are still relatively small. What you're referring to is what we call Last mile connectivity and competing exchanges. In reality, there aren't very many transcontinental cables being laid right now because the ROI is greater than 30 years in most cases. Basically my point is this: your fixed line services are growing at a fast rate because they're just now being opened to competition, but, over time, like the rest of the developed world, wireless networks will subsume your fixed line services. Just my opinion and my two cents from talking to Aussie Telcos. Source: I'm a telecom geek.

quink 13y ago
> like the rest of the developed world, wireless networks will subsume your fixed line services. http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/8153.0~December+2012~Chapter~Volume+of+data+downloaded?OpenDocument http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/8153.0~December... You sure about that? Plus, how are you going to transmit 1 Gbps with an acceptable level of contention, with a very very thin wall or two in the way over any distance greater than let's say a hundred metres? Plus, this deregulation that you speak of, the national telco was being privatised starting in 1997, and deregulation happened before that even. Broadband ISPs have been around forever, and their DSLAMs for more than a decade too. > Your fixed line services, at the national level, are still relatively small. In some areas, we've got three networks running to the same premises. Fixed line services are near enough fully built out and have been forever.