Telstra Kicked Out of $15bn Broadband Project

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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Thanks for another Australian story timothy!

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However, as much as I hate to qualify my praise, I have to say that you and kdawson are letting the side down a little: I can still see a few stories on Slashdot which aren't about Australia.

That's not really acceptable now, is it?

If we are to become the focal point of the world's attentions as we deserve to be, you and our fellow Aussies such as kdawson must spam harder than ever if we're to overwhelm sites such as Slashdot with lavish Australia-luvvin' attention.

Some Americans are still able to sleep at night without reading about every last piece of Ocker trivia, so get your arses into gear and spam! Spam! SPAM!

And to any of you stupid fat seppos* complaining about Slashdot being hijacked by us - GO AND GET FUCKED!

(*"Seppo": Google is your friend.)

Re:What about competition?

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