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  From: John Edwards <isplist@pinnacle.net.au>
  To  : George Patterson <george@laopdr.com>
  Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:25:02 +1030

Re: Broadband options in SA (was Re: ADSL talk suggestion)

George Patterson wrote:
 
> Every cable you put up overhead is another company you have to negotiate
> with to have it moved. Currently you have in South Australia you have
> ETSA, Telstra and optus(I belive).. Optus may not be using their cable
> but it was installed... Do you really want a few more there. You also
> have problems with trees and people growing vines up stobie poles.

South Australia has 72633km of cables according to Etsa, 9.1% of which
is underground, which has taken 30 years so far. During 98/99 they spent
something like 3.5 million on such activities. As a result, we have
greater percentage of underground cable than all other states of
Australia. 

I would rather see SA get broadband down every street than tuck away a
few more power cables, and the former is a lot more feasible. It's not
likely that the cables will be hidden in my Street during the next 20
years, and I don't want to wait that long for fibre. Once we all have
fast net connections, we'll all be able to do more work from home and
better appreciate our environment, which will then lead to putting
cables underground. 

John Edwards

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