Telstra has a national NextIP Fibre backbone which trumps all of its competitors in scope. That is in addition to its Fibre/Coax network in the major cities and small FTTH deployments, known as “Velocity”, in greenfield estates.

it should not implement it by confiscating Telstra’s assets. That borders on communism.

What so every time the government compulsorily acquires land they’re being unconstitutional communists?

The more FTTH, the less Telstra assets are relevent. Anyone want to bet on the government upping their contribution to enable greater FTTH rollout if Tesltra get shirty in the courts?

None of them, to my knowledge, countenance the prospect of not using Telstra’s last mile copper.

Axia does.

You still don’t seem to understand. If we don’t reduce our emissions by at least 25% by 2020, that’s it. Game over.

Everyone, Gary Bruce. And that doesn’t mean everyone besides Australia, k?

Read back a page and you’ll see what nonsense it is to be talking about “Oh we are only 2%!!!!”

Swing Lowe, the only difference between Labor and Liberal on emissions trading is that Rudd wants to introduce it much earlier.

Telstra is the best company for the job.

Pray tell, where has Telstra deployed fibre outside of selected esates or in extremely limited metro areas.

The best company for the job will not be decided by you, it will be decided by the expert panel. Who frankly, have a lot more experience and qualifications than you and are the ones taking the time to analyse each proposal and communicate with the parties involved.

Anything you is your opinion and the fact that it’s not based on anything makes it pretty much worthless.

The hysteria from the Greens lays bare their stupidity in blindly allocating preferences to the Labor party every election, only to endlessly whinge when they don’t get anything they want.

The choice for the Greens is to allocate their preferences to a party who MAY give them something they want (Labor) or to allocate their preferences to a party who definitely won’t give them anything they want (Liberal)

I actually think Rudd has come to a reasonable compromise.

The hysteria from the Greens lays bare their stupidity in blindly allocating preferences to the Labor party every election, only to endlessly whinge when they don’t get anything they want.