[Chapter-delegates] Structural separation in Australia

[Joly MacFie]

Thanks. Interesting.

I'm sorry. I'm always getting my models mixed up, I meant levels 2 and 3 as
in
http://www.isoc-au.org.au/Submissions/NBNCo_Feb2010FINAL.pdf

<http://www.isoc-au.org.au/Submissions/NBNCo_Feb2010FINAL.pdf>j



On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Paul Brooks <treasurer at isoc-au.org.au>wrote:

> On 2/06/2011 6:28 AM, Joly MacFie wrote:
> >
> > I see Australia has rolled out it's structural separation scheme
> >
> > http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2011/196
> >
> >
> We're still working through the full implications of the latest
> announcements - which
> are still public consultation papers and subject to more change, really
> just the
> latest stage of a long running saga.
> The implications are also related to a forthcoming deal between Telstra and
> NBN
> Company, which will see NBNCo pay Telstra around AU$9bill over the NBN
> rollout period
> for bulk duct acess, exchange access, and Telstra agreeing to move retail
> services
> over to the NBN.
> Another related issue is the government setting up a new service provider
>  "USO Co"
> and moving the Universal Service Obligation delivery requirement from
> Telstra to the
> new USO Co.
> These three are separate, but intertwined developments all happening
> concurrently.
> Interesting times, and a great deal of (sometimes impenetrable) document
> reading.
>
> (This week was CeBIT exhibition in Sydney, and also "Cybersafety week" -
> the Minister
> sent out no fewer than 6 announcements this week alone, of which the above
> was just
> the latest)
>
> > Any comments from ISOC-au? What happened with the Level 1 vs level 2
> thing?
> >
> > What are they going to do with all that copper?
>
> "Level 1 vs Level 2" - don't know what you're referring to here Joly -
> please explain?
>
> AS for the copper - that one is tied up in the Telstra/NBNCo deal, which
> has not yet
> been finalised and is being negotiated behind closed doors as a commercial
> arrangement. Its a different issue to the structural separation.
> Current expectation is that the copper network will remain as an asset of
> Telstra. As
> Telstra (and the rest of the industry) slowly migrates customers off the
> copper and on
> to the NBN fibre, more and more of the copper cabling will become idle. It
> will be up
> to Telstra what they will do with it - some of it undoubtedly they will
> pull out of
> the ducts and melt down - one estimate I heard recently is that Telstra's
> mass of
> copper cabling is worth around AU$6 bill in scrap metal value at the
> current Cu
> commodity pricing!
> (I guess that will make Telstra a mining company, if the definition is
> "digging stuff
> out of the ground and selling it")
>
> Regards,
>    Paul.
>
> --
> Paul Brooks
> Treasurer
> Internet Society of Australia
> www.isoc-au.org.au
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