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Thread ID: 69113	2006-05-22 11:34:00	HOLD THE PHONE!! The Art Of Unbundling!!	Burnzee (6950)	PC World Chat

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456852	2006-05-22 11:34:00	Great article in the business flyer in the New Zealand Herald today. Did yah read it? Called The Hard Part Of Unbundling and by Communication expert, Jeremy Patston. Basically it's about British Telecom response to their forced unbundling. Lets hope New Zealand Government has a few more clues than their Pommy counterparts and write the law correctly to prevent our Telecom doing similar things. According to the above article some of the things British Telecom did was: * Overcharged competitors for local loop access. * Competitors had to be accompanied by BT staff when in it's exchanges. * Competitors equipment was not allowed to be placed next to it's own. * It had to be forced to provide a minimum standard of service to competitors. Telecom might call this playing hard ball, I reckon it's being petty. But then again, in the name of the Mighty Buck... BURNZEE	Burnzee (6950)
456853	2006-05-22 11:45:00	According to the above article some of the things British Telecom did was: * Overcharged competitors for local loop access. Telstra here in Australia does this. Competitor are successfully getting around it with superior technology and service. * Competitors had to be accompanied by BT staff when in it's exchanges. Telstra does this also. * Competitors equipment was not allowed to be placed next to it's own. * It had to be forced to provide a minimum standard of service to competitors. Dunno about these, but Telstra stipulates a minimum number (100 I think) that must be unbundled at once. I.e., a competing telco must wait to get the minimium before they can modify the exchange. I bet Telstra in NZ will complain about these very tactics when used by Telecom against them, the hypocrites.	vinref (6194)
456854	2006-05-22 21:12:00	* Competitors had to be accompanied by BT staff when in it's exchanges. ] Not sure thats a bad thing. I can see some total chaos happening in exchanges if various groups just dive in willy nilly	pctek (84)
456855	2006-05-22 21:33:00	Not sure thats a bad thing. I can see some total chaos happening in exchanges if various groups just dive in willy nilly I think that already happens :D You can bet that Liability Insurance will be on the list before getting a Swipe Card.	PaulD (232)
456856	2006-05-23 11:21:00	Will be interesting. Whos's going to maintain and upgrade the local loop? Whos' going to pay? Who will wnat to pay unless they have their customers on it generating revenue? Who's city to city infrastructure will they use? And who will overuse the loop to the detriment of all?	tdale (10424)
456857	2006-05-23 11:28:00	the city to city infrastructure is already there, its in the interests of the businesses to keep it running because of the ability to charge enormous amounts of data . each company will have the responsibility to maintain the aspects of the network it provides services to as i understand	Tux (606)
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