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Just make sure you do it properly the first time, and don't trust the telcos when they tell you they'll "self regulate". Otherwise you'll end up with the mess that Australia has, which led to the previous Government setting up the NBN project.

Not only that, but any time a retail ISP submits complaints about a customer's service, Telstra calls the customer directly and tells them that their problems will go away if they subscribe to a Telstra plan (and the problems do go away, strangely enough).

So make sure there is a proper separation of the infrastructure and retail portions of the telco behemoth right from day 1. Otherwise you'll be dealing with a situation that is worse than what you have now.



Don't worry, the current government will make the situation so bad that America's telcos will look like the gold standard by comparison.

It's really strange. We're quite far ahead with mobile/cell/wireless coverage and plans but very very far behind in high-speed broadband.




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