In reply to the article “AAPT Left out of the NBN Discussions” 23 April 2009 – zdnet.com.au”
Who cares if Optus thinks the NBN is the best thing since sliced bread, and who cares if AAPT won’t touch it with a barge pole because FTTH in Broad’s view is “irrational”.
It’s not the point; the Government isn’t here to curtail to the needs of big business when the private sector wants something directly out of line with what is best for Australia.
A Fiber to the Home National Broadband Network is by far the best thing for Australia, now and for the future.
Optus and AAPT obviously have vastly differing opinions because of only one thing, they only exist because they are motivated by profits for their shareholders, and that’s obviously, simply and unarguably the case.
So what if the NBN doesn’t make money for AAPT? It doesn’t have to! It doesn’t have to make money for anyone at all in the traditional short sighted dollar sign way of seeing things. The NBN is a national civil infrastructure which will put us years ahead as a nation and keep us there in the future with almost no further upgrades to the network needed- unlike anything the private sector has come up with.
Big business; realise you must come inline with what is best for the nation; and as the tide of national need changes, you must change with it or be left behind with an unfit business model, trying to twist the Goverment’s arm to spare you from a natural extinction – and even worse trying to drag the Nation with you by forcing us to use your uneconomical services out of love, something which if you had for the nation you wouldn’t be in this mess.
