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Duopoly? Who, besides Telstra, owns pipes? Optus?
by Wingman4l7 13y ago
Duopoly? Who, besides Telstra, owns pipes? Optus?
- pugz 13y agoThere's PIPE Pacific Cable (PPC-1), independent of Telstra[1]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Pacific_Cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Pacific_Cable
- jacques_chester 13y agoLooks like I've misread the current state of supply: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/net-capacity-down-to-wire-20130416-2hvvi.html http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/net-capacity-down... Looks more like an oligopoly of 5 companies. Australian bandwidth charges are well above international benchmarks.
- Wingman4l7 13y ago> Australian bandwidth charges are well above international benchmarks. Along with costs of mobile phone service, housing, electronics, appliances, beer, and damn near everything else.