Tuesday, October 6. 2009Post Democracy Politicians Do Exact A Bigger Cost Than You ThinkJohn Linton I have said that one of my main concerns about the ridiculous "NBN2' (and the NBN1 before it) is that it has killed off investment in current and new communications infrastructures. This has very definitely affected Exetel in that our two major ADSL2 carriers (Optus and AAPT) continue to run out of ports in their current DSLAMs and has brought to a screeching halt their investment in new DSLAMs - quite understandably but nevertheless it is very annoying to receive a growing number of ADSL2 applications that are rejected because of no capacity at the growing number of exchanges. However it could be worse, and for some categories of small ISPs it undoubtedly is as evidenced in this brief article: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28207/127/1/1/ Now you may well make the case that these sorts of small companies only exist because of gigantic, and largely misguided, previous Federal Government subsidies via HIBIS and TBG but nevertheless Federal Governments have encouraged these companies to start up businesses to supply services in regional and rural Australia with some expectation that they would last longer than the initial handout - not be wiped out at a stroke of the pen making some arbitrary decision to use a different government funded hand out to use a different technology. I am not any sort of fan of government handouts to create false 'economies' in the supply of any goods or services and I regard the billion or so dollars expended on these rural support schemes as among the worst ever dreamed up by an ACT bureaucracy. However the situation now becomes an even bigger subsidy to wipe out the previous subsidies except this subsidy will be in the hands of either a Labor bureaucracy or a Federal Government/Telstra kluge which makes it an even worse waste of money than previously. However it does starkly exemplify the hiatus in investment across a wide spectrum of activity in providing data services generally and to rural/regional Australia in particular. For those of you who remember Krudd's initial lies about the NBN1, and apparently the majority of the Australian electorate has the memory capacity of a mentally retarded guppy suffering from Alzheimer's, you would remember that the lying swine promised that NBN1 should have already been delivered with the first users activated by December 2008! However, it appears that no-one remembers that and the collective idiocy that comprises the Australian electorate has 'moved on' and is now, or at least 70% of those demented sheep, are now content that a mythical Australia wide network (yet to be costed or even roughly described) will be available some time/many years in the future. OK - lying politicians making every minute of their working day a personal crusade to try and ensure their snout firmly remains in the public trough for as long as possible is all that an Australian electorate deserves in this post-democracy era in which we now live so there is nothing that can be done. I wonder whether these same sheep who give Krudd a 70% approval rating will continue to do so as the NBN2 continually drifts in to an ever further away future and the ports for ADSL2 run out in all but Telstra exchanges and all of the small/tiny ISPs in rural and regional Australia cease operating? Of course no Labor politician gives a damn about rural Australia (they are never going to win a seat there) and the crazier elements of the National and Liberal parties (read Wilson Tuckey and Barnaby Joyce) are going to ensure that there is no cohesive and coherent voicing of reasoned opposition to the Krudd version of 21st century National Socialism. So, the current 'NBN2' situation is slowly crippling small ISPs across the country and that situation will only get worse. Exetel is already being affected by at least one of our ADSL2 suppliers 'rationing' ADSL2 ports by reserving ports for its retail operations in a more and more obvious way which is very costly to Exetel (and we assume other small ISPs like us) - we go to all the expense of generating an application which is rejected but is subsequently fulfilled by the retail operation of the carrier - this is not going to produce a positive result for Exetel. The cited article shows how one segment of the ISP industry will be effectively wiped out before the metaphorical 'spade hits the top soil' to begin the delivery of the 'NBN2' illusion. If you vote in self serving lying swine to 'run the country' (assuming that you actually believe that a bunch of uneducated union hacks and fellow travelers even have the intellectual capacity to spell "democracy") then the results are totally predictable - the destruction, once again, of all of the good things that made Australia such a pleasant place to live.
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Lack ports may be behind Hackett's decision to stop selling Optus based services.
See http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1294635 Comment (1)
I always thought that was very odd decision by Internode.
I also never understood their decision to resell Telstra ADSL2 at its huge prices. Comments (12)
JL wrote...
"the current 'NBN2' situation is slowly crippling small ISPs across the country " Well aside from complaining do something that tiny/small companies are good at - technical agility. The investment uncertainty of NBNx is not going away soon so the port shortage will worsen. Even if NBNx arrives it is likely to be expensive, especially in the country. So perhaps it is time for yet another re-consideration of port sharing, this time with some business incentive as well as functional advantages. regards C Bumkin Comment (1)
....I didn't realise that my statements could be taken as a complaint.....
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I'm sorry but it works for me....and I've loaded it in the same way I've loaded hundreds of others.
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Numpty alert.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1284580&p=21#r417 Just spent an amazing three hours listening to the opening address by the Plaintiffs in the AFACT vs iiNet case AFACT investigation lasted 59 weeks and every week they forwarded on their forensically gathered evidence to the "cat's paw" and each week the "cat's paw" ignored it, then Malone tried to fob it off to the WA cops, we know the rest. Comments (6)
"Ego is a terrible thing to have to deal with. "
It could cost you multi millions in damages. Comments (6)
I doubt that AFACT will seek damages - just their costs.
Their objective is to get a clear cut court ruling on what is/is not an ISP's responsibilities in the case of receiving copyright breach notices. Michael Malone's gratuitous grandstanding will be used to also severely damage iinet's credibility as an ethical or even reasonably commercially responsibly managed entity falling far short of the standards expected from a public company. AFACT's allegation that Malone actually prohibited Westnet from continuing to send infringement notices to its customers after the iinet takeover, if that is proven, will almost certainly result in Malone's resignation from any management position within iinet. Perhaps that's why he has been selling down his personal stake in iinet? Comments (12)
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/157555,afact-claims-100k-copyright-breaches-on-iinet.aspx
At the much-anticipated opening of the iiNet versus the film industry case in the Federal Court, the film industry's lawyers said its investigators demonstrated 94,942 instances of unauthorised copies being made available by the ISP's customers to other internet users over a 59-week period. So much for the statement, "None of our punters illegally download" Already booked my seat for tomorow. Comments (6)
Well you should have seen the glint in the eye of the "Industries" brief when he mentioned iiNet's last year's profit of 69 million.
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I just had a call from Telstra that started something like "you used to be a Telstra customer........"
Normally I quickly answer "thanks but no thanks" and hang up. Today I listened to and answered the questions. I told him that Telstra had priced itself out of the market, and it did not matter what the quality of their services were like or how fast the internet speeds were, if they could not sell it to me at a price I could afford, then they were wasting their time. I described my $55 plan including line rental with 8G/60G downloads, and he agreed Telstra could not compete. I told him about VoIP over my ADSL for allmy outgoing calls at home, and VoIP over HSPA in place of mobile calls; all he could say was "what is VoIP". I asked him to write down the web address of Exetel and ask him to have a look and see for himself how his employer was ripping off Australians. I should have asked him to quote my number when he signs up for Exetel services so I can get the $25 discount for the sale! Comment (1)
Very interesting, take note the Judge wants to see a live BT demo.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Judge-wants-to-see-live-BitTorrent-demo/0,130061791,339298909,00.htm Comments (6)
A journalist from The Australian has been 'tweeting' the case if you are interested in slightly more detail.
http://twitter.com/AndrewColley Comments (2)
Lawrie,
Thanks for the update - I was wondering what Telstra would do to drum up business. Comments (12)
A politician is a person who believes they know what we want before we actually realise we need it.
Exetel is an ISP, that gives us what we need before politicians actually know what we want . Exetel customers know what they expect, and want Exetel to have already accommodated us with our needs before we actually know we need them. John, it’s simple- if you haven’t worked this all out yet , another single malt will assist. cheers bill Comments (2)
Bill,
Politicians are the lowest form of humanity rating slightly lower than used car salesmen and ambulance chasers. They set the base standard for how low a human being can go before becoming pond scum. Comments (12)
John ,
that holiday seems along way behind you . sometimes it’s time to step back and see the good things and not dwell on the past. - are you a friend of Malcolm Turnbull -- you seem more disillusioned with the political system than normal. Is Joe Hockey the saviour ? He seems like a nice guy. cheers bill Comments (2)
I've met Turnbull but never had anything to do with him.
Hockey and Abbott are unimpressive in both their public speaking and their apparent commitments - it's absolutely impossible to have someone involved with any religion as any sort of leader of any country - Catholicism is not exactly the sort of thing a person with any brains takes any notice of. I have never been remotely impressed with any politician I have ever met or been 'expesed' to - to me they are all swill trough devotees with the ethics of a Visigoth and the morals of member of the White Company. The current swinish trash in government have reduced those 'standards' to new lows but then the Australian electorate has also plummeted new depths of ignorance and total stupidity. Holidays - are the temporary energy booster that provides the minimum amount of strength to continue to put up with what Australian politics has become today. Comments (12)
They're all not that bad are they? Your new "neighbour" seems to know what he is doing? http://www.commsday.com/node/573
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John,
As always, it's very refreshing to see your opinion and analysis of the communications industry. So much of what we see stated is from the largest companies in the industry or from "experts" who aren't actually involved in service delivery. I hope that you're not similarly constrained in the corporate space by similar pressures. After all, there's an Exetel proposal I need to get in front of my boss in the next day or two now the leave and deadlines that have interjected are behind me. Comment (1)
Chris,
Thank you for your ongoing support - I hope you can persuade the powers that be within your company that Exetel is a suitable candidate for your business. Comments (12)
I saw Andrew today he walked in about an hour after it started and then walked out a couple of more times.
I can't wait to see iiNet peers/seeds showing up in the BT swarm that the Judge gets to see. Comments (6)
My "neighbour"?
My personal experience of the politicians I have directly met for more than a few minutes are that they are self aggrandising gits wit no thought for anything than their personal enrichment. Comments (12)
Telstra "deal",
In my father's case Telstra phoned and told him he could get a much better deal with Telstra (ADSL1) than his existing Exetel service I'd set him up with. He said no thanks and he'd consult with me to confirm the details. He phoned me the next day and I explained just how bad a deal it was, my trip at Christmas (around 4G downloaded - mostly XP & software upgrades, photo syncs from Sydney PC) would have cost him $100's of dollars. Three days later his internet stopped working. I guessed straight away they'd churned him back to Telstra. The next day a Telstra modem arrived. Telstra confirmed there was no voice recording of him having accepted the deal. Telstra apologised, cancelled the contract and took the modem back and Dad paid Exetel to reconnect him. Moral of the story. Tell your friends / group if Telstra calls just say "No" (or "No Thankyou, please don't call on this number" if you feel like being polite and verbose) and then hang up immediately. Regards, Michael. Comment (1)
iiNet were even kind enough to post a summary;
http://www.iinet.net.au/copyrightcase Comments (2)
Telstra confirmed there was no voice recording... apologised, cancelled the contract.... and Dad paid Exetel to reconnect him
And telstra, so ethically pure, reimbursed him (haha) Comment (1)
Similar thing with pensioner neighbour of mine on Optus. To keep it short: Telstra offered "good" phone deal; neighbour asked for paperwork - still has none; few days later she comes over and says Internet is dead. Phone Telstra; no record of the deal done and discount offered but phone has been transferred; Optus said could no longer offer her ADSL. So set her up with Exetel HSPA and she's saving more money!
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Is it time to look again at putting your own DSLAMs in some exchanges? I know you've said that not doing this was a good move. (on the basis of HSPA being a better future growth path?)
I have no idea what the fixed vs. marginal costs of doing that is, but if you assume that NBN2 is not going to provide a more economical alternative to ADSL2 in the medium term, perhaps it would be worth doing? Might having the capability to place your own DSLAMs give you some pricing leverage with Optus? Comment (1)
Tom,
Our own ADSL2 infrastructures are not going to help Exetel - we already buy at as good a rate as we could sensibly achieve by installing our own hardware/links (well not quite but near enough). ADSL2 is an 'old' technology of which there are more than sufficient poviders than Australia can comfortably accommodate and adding another piece of me too metal in a high rental Telstra exchange. Comments (12)
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