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Re: Commerce commission / Telecom

From: Juha Saarinen <juha_at_saarinen.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:14:00 +1200
Message-ID: <42C07A28.7020500@saarinen.org>

Paul Brislen wrote:
> Ahem <trumpet blowing on>
>
> story here:
>
> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/nl/E6FFCF025A744F5FCC25702D001C0EF0
>
> and some other coverage here:
>
> http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3327256a28,00.html
>
> and here:
>
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10333038
>
> Basically Webb said "I'm not suggesting we break up Telecom into wholesale
> and retail but look what they've done in the UK" which had various people
> in the crowd raising eyebrows and looking stunned.

And, I think it's important to point out that most of the "clueless
media" didn't ever buy into the notion of pseudo-unbundling. Webb's
speech simply confirmed what we've been saying for a very long time now.
It's not working, it never will.

-- 
Juha
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