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  From: Jake Hawkes <jake@infinitylimited.net>
  To  : David Newall <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 19:39:39 +0000

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

David Newall wrote:

> I wonder if that's true.  Whoever first digs trenches everywhere will be in
> a prime position to claim reasonable rent from every other utility that
> needs to lay cable.  Etsa (or whatever they call themselves now), and every
> other telco, will be more-or-less forced to use those trenches (because it
> will be cheaper to pay rent than lay a second trench.) 

but surely thats what could be happening now with telstra and etsa. but
hey dont. 

it may be cheaper in the short term, but whos to say the owner of the
trench will not raise the price? 

What about liability? What happens if provider A is in the trench and
accidently blows up something belonging to provider B? Who pays for
that?

I think wiring ducts should be standerdised into the building code, so
that you *cant* build any new building/house/road/sub-development unless
you design into it a solution to multi-purpose cabling. [1]



--
Jake Hawkes B.Eng, (CSE)

People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either of 
them being made.

[1] this may be happening already for all I know [2]

[2] which is not much [3]

[3] bless dt for introducing all these nutty footnotes :)

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