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Telstra Kicked Out of $15bn Broadband Project

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-but-those-are-australian-dollars dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Australia's largest telco and ISP, Telstra, has been kicked out of the bidding process to build a national broadband network (NBN) estimated to be worth $15 billion. The Aussie government had earlier given assurances that the proposal would be considered, however it now won't even be evaluated by the expert panel, which will make the recommendations to the Senator for Broadband and Communications. The government may now take steps to legislate so that Telstra can't build a network that competes with the NBN — leaving the incumbent to focus on wireless HSPA+ technology instead."

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  1. Re:Thanks for another Australian story timothy! by aweraw · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I may interject here for a second - your Stralyin is lacking in authenticity...

    That last phrase should have been should have been: GARNGIT FARKED!

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  2. Re:Nope. Telstra was anti-censorship. by lendude · · Score: 3, Funny

    FFS, get back to work Sol...

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  3. Re:Thanks for another Australian story timothy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    hehehe.. oi dad there's a broadband network in the trading post for $15 billion...

    struth!! tell em their farkin dreamin'!

  4. Re:Thanks for another Australian story timothy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    no shit. do you actually talk like that, or did a straayan tell you that we call you that? did they tell you about drop bears too?

  5. Re:Thanks for another Australian story timothy! by ignavus · · Score: 2, Funny

    We haven't succeeded until we have replaced all stories about Thanksgiving and Fall, etc with proper stories about Anzac Day, Two-Up, Autumn, and football codes that don't involve wearing wussy helmets.

    Forget the Alamo. Remember Gallipoli.

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  6. Re:Thanks for another Australian story timothy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    football codes that don't involve wearing wussy helmets.

    Australian football players don't wear wussy helmets because the game is so fucking pathetic it's not funny. It's wimpier than soccer. "oh i've got the ball and people are coming my way, better kick it high up in the air and run away screaming so that i don't get hurt".

    Fucking poof sport that Australian aerial ping pong.

  7. Re:Nope. Telstra was anti-censorship. by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Mr. Rudd,

    Could I have 4.7bn AUD please? kthxbye.

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  8. Re:No Competition? by Leafheart · · Score: 3, Funny

    Turns out that speculation about the future doesn't directly influence fact in the present, no matter how hopeful it is.

    You don't follow the stock market much, do you?

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  9. Re:What about competition? by witherstaff · · Score: 4, Funny

    Telstra was simply overdoing it. In the US you can ask for 700 billion with only 3 pages.