Stephen Judd wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 17:14, LEE Tet Yoon wrote:
>
>>I know Telecom are bad but I don't see any way Telecom can justify 5c/meg.
>
>
> Telecom's sole justification is maximising returns to shareholders. The
> justification for any seller charging any price is "because I can".
>
> I find the ire focussed at Telecom a bit odd, actually. They're doing
> exactly what any Big Dumb Company(tm) would do. The right for them to do
> from a shareholder's perspective is go right up the line the Commerce
> Commision will tolerate, and not a millimetre further back.

The electricity industry model works well. Where one company can
generate and retail power but can not own the lines. Maybe they should
look at doing that.

a seperate company owns the phone lines. allows every other company
equal axs to said lines. i know it would be a mess but it would open up
and encourage competition...

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