Footnotes

[1] Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Reference Committee, The Australian telecommunications network, 5 August, 2004.

[2] Townsville City Council, Submission 15, p.2.

[3] Australian Industry Group, Submission 34, p.14.

[4] The Institution of Engineers Australia, Submission 25, p.3.

[5] Mr Budde,Committee Hansard, Sydney, Thursday 13 November 2003, p.64.

[6] Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia, Submission 28, p.1.

[7] Australian Industry Group, Submission 34, p.14.

[8] The Institution of Engineers Australia, Submission 25, p.1.

[9] TEDICORE, Submission 46, p.1.

[10] Mr Cheah, Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Art, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.31.

[11] Ms Angeloni, City of Ballarat,, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.5.

[12] Mr Moore, Submission 19, p.2.

[13] Mr Cheah, Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Art, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.31.

[14] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Snap shot of broadband deployment as at 31 March 2002, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/telco/statistics/broadband_31mar02.PDF

[15] Queensland Government, Submission 39, p.3.

[16] Australian Communication Exchange, Submission 12, p.4.

[17] Mr Dowsley, University of Ballarat, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.15

[18] Mr Worthington, Submission 38, p. 2.

[19] Personal Broadband Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 11, p.2.

[20] Queensland Government, Submission 39, p.3.

[21] The Institution of Engineers Australia, Submission 25, p.1.

[22] Telstra, Submission 21, p.6.

[23] Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, URL: http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_3-4_102256,00.html#9

[24] Comindico, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2003, p.10.

[25] Dr Tony Warren, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2003, p.74

[26] Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 33a, p.4.

[27] Primus, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.49.

[28] Bits on Light, Submission 23, p.1

[29] Unecomm, Submission 42, p.4.

[30] The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Submission 25, pp.2-3.

[31] Mr Malcolm Moore, Submission 19, p.7.

[32] Mr Duncan Raymont, Submission 18, p.10.

[33] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging market structures in the communications sector, 2003, p.xx.

[34] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Connecting Australia! Wireless Broadband, November 2002, p xi.

[35] Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Connecting Regional Australia, The Report of the Regional Telecommunication Inquiry, 2002, p.4.

[36] Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Connecting Regional Australia. The Report of the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry, 2002, pp.xii xxviii.

[37] The Governments response to the Report of the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry, URL: http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_3-4_115317,00.html

[38] Mr Chris Cheah, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senate Budget Estimate, Committee Hansard, Canberra, Monday 24 May, 2004, p.114.

[39] Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, URL: http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_3-4_115486,00.html

[40] Mr Bryant, Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Art, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.28.

[41] Telstra, Broadband boost to the bush, media release, 4 May 2004.

[42] Mr Grant, National Office for the Information Economy, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 30 March 2004, p.2.

[43] National Office for the Information Economy, website accessed 23 March 2004, URL: http://www.noie.gov.au/about/index.htm#overview.

[44] Mr Grant, National Office for the Information Economy, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 30 March 2004, p.1.

[45] Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Media release, Broadband boost for rural and remote Australia, 20 April 2004. URL: http://www.dcita.gov.au/ Article/0,,0_7-2_4011-4_118311,00.html

[46] Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, URL: http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_3-4_106337,00.html

[47] Mr Moore, Submission 19, p.9.

[48] Neighborhood Cable, Submission 49, p.7.

[49] Gold Coast City Council, Submission 41, pp.9-10.

[50] Ms Anne-Marie Lansdown, National Office for the Information Economy, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 30 March 2004, pp.4-5.

[51] Mr Paul Budde, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November 2003, p.59.

[52] Senate Economics Committee, Senate Budget Estimates, Committee Hansard, Canberra, May 24 2004, pp.122 123.

[53] Dr Green, Communications Expert Group, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2003, p.34.

[54] The chapter draws heavily from Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004.

[55] Alasdair Grant & David Howarth, The Access Regime, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.87.

[56] David Stewart, Anti-competitive Conduct, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.158.

[57] Holly Raiche, The Policy Context, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p. 9.

[58] Holly Raiche, The Policy Context, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.10.

[59] Alasdair Grant, Industry Structure and Regulatory Bodies, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.23.

[60] ibid, p.24.

[61] ibid, p.87.

[62] Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Inquiry Report No. 16, September 2001.

[63] Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, website at 7 April 2004, URL: http://www.tio.com.au/Members/Default.htm. The Australian Communications Authority issues carrier licences. By the end of April 2004 it had issued 133 licences of which 105 remained current.

[64] David Stewart, Anti-competitive Conduct, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.158.

[65] Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Inquiry Report No. 16, September 2001, p.xx.

[66] Alasdair Grant & David Howarth, The Access Regime, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.89.

[67] Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Inquiry Report No. 16, September 2001, p. 219.

[68] Alasdair Grant & David Howarth, The Access Regime, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.95.

[69] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Declared telecommunications services, accessed on 19 March 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/323824

[70] Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Inquiry Report No. 16, September 2001, p.xxi.

[71] Alasdair Grant & Derek Wilding, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.xi.

[72] Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Inquiry Report No. 16, September 2001, p.158.

[73] David Stewart, Anti-competitive Conduct, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.173.

[74] ibid, p.174.

[75] Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Inquiry Report No. 16, September 2001, p.159.

[76] Grahame O'Leary, Enhancing Competition in Telecommunications: Accounting Separation of Telstra's Operations, Research Note No. 39, Parliamentary Library, March 2004.

[77] Ibid.

[78] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, accessed on 8 April 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/333799

[79] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Imputation and non-price terms and conditions reports relating to accounting separation of Telstra, December 2003. Accessed on 8 April 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=494956&nodeId =file40723 82015639&fn=Imputation%20and%20non-price%20terms%20and%20conditions %20reports%20April%202004.pdf

[80] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Imputation and non-price terms and conditions reports relating to accounting separation of Telstra for the March quarter 2004. Accessed on 30 June 2004, URL: :http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId= 520195&nodeId=file40e 204d648578&fn=Imputation%20and%20non-price%20terms% 20and %20conditions% 20report%20for%20March%2004%20quarter%20(June%202004).pdf

[81] Australian Telecommunications Users Group Limited (ATUG), Submission 33, p.2.

[82] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Snapshot of Broadband Deployment as at December 2003, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId =512240&nodeId= file40bff0c3b3c39&fn=Broadband%20report%20December%202003.pdf

[83] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, media release, 4 June 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/512244/fromItemId/459302

[84] Mr Bill Scales, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November, 2003, p.63.

[85] Telstra, Submission 21, p. 3.

[86] ibid, p. 16.

[87] Telstra,, Submission 21, p.29.

[88] ibid, p.16.

[89] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 52, p. 4.

[90] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 52, p 4.

[91] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 52a, Review of NECG report on broadband penetration in Australia, Associate Professor Ian Gordon.

[92] Optus, Submission 36, p.1.

[93] Australian Industry Group, Submission 34, p. 6.

[94] Vertel, Submission 37, p.3.

[95] Mr Budde, Submission 6, p.1.

[96] Optus, Submission 36, p.12.

[97] The Institution of Engineers Australia, Submission 25, p.6.

[98] Mr Malcolm Moore, Submission 19.

[99] Telstra, Submission 21, p.8.

[100] Mr Malcolm Moore, Submission 19, p.16.

[101] Mr Charles Reed, Personal Broadband Australia Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November, 2004, p.88.

[102] Personal Broadband Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 11, p.4.

[103] Townsville Catholic Education Office, Submission 16, p.1.

[104] Mr Graham Leake, Submission 2, p.1.

[105] Telstra, Submission 21, p. 8.

[106] Mr Michael Orford, Submission 1, p.1.

[107] Mr Kaon Li, Submission 17, p.1.

[108] Mr Graham Leake, Submission 2, p.1.

[109] TransACT, ACT Government, Submission 14, p.3.

[110] The Institution of Engineers Australia, Submission 25, p.7.

[111] Mr James Nichols, Submission 3, p.1.

[112] Townsville City Council, Submission 15, p.23

[113] The Institution of Engineers Australia, Submission 25, p.7.

[114] Blacktown City Council, Submission 13, p.5.

[115] Townsville City Council, Submission 15, p.23.

[116] Australian Industry Group, Submission 34, p.5.

[117] Mr Duncan Raymont, Submission 18, p.7.

[118] The Institute of Engineers Australia, Submission 25, p.8.

[119] Mr Duncan Raymont, Submission 18, p. 7.

[120] Townsville City Council, Submission 15, pp.26-27.

[121] Gulf Savannah Development, Submission 10, p.1.

[122] Alice Springs Film and Television Australia, Submission 6, p.1.

[123] Cabonne Council, Submission 27, p.1.

[124] Communications Expert Group, Submission 30, p.5.

[125] Telstra, Submission 21, p.20.

[126] Small Enterprise Telecommunications Centre Limited, Submission 29, p.4.

[127] Telstra, Media Releases 05 March 2004, New broadband prices prompt market expansion. URL http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/media/mediareleasearticle.cfm?ObjectID= 31205

[128] Telstra, Media Release 11 June 2004, Cheaper prices send broadband numbers soaring. URL: http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/media/release.cfm?ObjectID=31894

[129] Mr Steve Ireland, Submission 8, p.1

[130] Mr Stanley Tonkins, Submission 9, p.1.

[131] cBallarat, Submission 49, p.1.

[132] Neighborhood Cable, Submission 47, p.7.

[133] Mr Fred Grossman, Neighborhood Cable, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.25.

[134] Small Enterprise Telecommunications Centre, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.21.

[135] Mr Malcolm Moore, Submission 19, p. 25.

[136] Telstra, Submission 21, p.27.

[137] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Commissioner Graeme Samuel, A competitive telecommunications industry: Issues in competition and consumer law, Speech to the Australian Financial Review Telecom Summit, 27 November 2003, Sydney, p.7.

[138] Bits on Light Pty Ltd, Submission 23.

[139] Bits on Light Pty Ltd, Submission 23, pp.3-4.

[140] Neighborhood Cable, Submission 49, p.3.

[141] Neighborhood Cable, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.25.

[142] Mr Paul Budde, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November, 2003, p. 68.

[143] Optus, Submission 36, p.7.

[144] Mr Fred Grossman, Neighbourhood Cable, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, pp.28-29.

[145] Mr John Stuckey, Comindico, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2003, p.10.

[146] Mr David Forman, Competitive Carriers Coalition, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.22.

[147] Optus, Submission 36, p.14.

[148] Mr Paul Budde, Submission 6, p.3.

[149] Mr Christopher Eckermann, TransACT Communications, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2004, p. 48.

[150] Optus, Submission 36, p.14.

[151] Comindico, Submission 31, p. 8.

[152] Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 33a, p. 6.

[153] Mr Paul Budde, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November 2003, p.63.

[154] Mr Christopher Eckermann, TransACT Communications, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November, 2004, pp.51-52.

[155] Communications Expert Group Pty Ltd, Submission 30, p.4.

[156] Comindico, Submission 31, p.10.

[157] Primus, Submission 32, p.3.

[158] Neighbourhood Cable Limited, Submission 46, pp.3-4.

[159] Mr Ian Slattery, Primus, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.46.

[160] Mr Charles Reed, Personal Broadband Australia, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November, 2003, p.99.

[161] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Challenges in Telecommunications Competition and Regulation Accessed on 30 June 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au /content/item.phtml?itemId=518743&nodeId=file40dbc06cdfb57 fn=20040625%20SPAN.pdf

[162] Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Callpoint, Submission 33e, pp.2-3.

[163] Comindico, Submission 31a, p.5.

[164] Mr Bill Scales, Telstra, Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Legislative Committee, Senate Budget Estimate Hearings, Canberra, 24 May 2004, p.84.

[165] Australian Telecommunications Users Group Limited, Submission 33b, p.2.

[166] PowerTel, Submission 55, p.1.

[167] ACIL Tasman, Submission 7, p.3.

[168] Comindico, Submission 31, p.13.

[169] Optus, Submission 36, pp.17-18.

[170] Bits on Light Pty Ltd, Submission 23, p.2.

[171] Comindico, Submission 24, p. 8.

[172] Bond Wireless, Submission 44, p.1.

[173] The Australian, Telstra in new internet price war, 16 February 2004, URL: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,8696382,00.html

[174] Competitive Carriers Coalition, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004.

[175] Townsville City Council, Submission 15, p.31.

[176] ZDNet Australia, More ISPs join broadband price war, 23 February 2004, URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39116261,00.htm

[177] Mr Ian Slattery, Competitive Carriers Coalition, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.18.

[178] TransACT, Australian Capital Territory Government, Submission 14.

[179] Telstra, URL: http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/corp/accounting.cfm

[180] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Answers to Questions on Notice, Additional Estimates, 18 & 19 February 2004.

[181] Townsville City Council, Submission 15.

[182] Mr Rajiv Jayawardena, Competitive Carriers Coalition, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2004, p. 17.

[183] Comindico, Submission 31, p.13.

[184] Townsville City Council, Submission 15, p.30.

[185] TransACT, Australian Capital Territory Government, Submission 14, p.5.

[186] ibid.

[187] Comindico, Submission 31, p.15.

[188] Mr Steve Wright, Competitive Carriers Coalition, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.19.

[189] Neighbourhood Cable, Submission 46, p. 4.

[190] ACIL Tasman, Submission 7, p. 51.

[191] Mr Ian Slattery, Competitive Carriers Coalition, Committee Hansard, Canberra 10 March 2004, p.10.

[192] Dr Walter Green, Communications Expert Group, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2003, p.38.

[193] Mr Fred Grossman, Neighbourhood Cable, Committee Hansard, 5 February 2004, p.27.

[194] Small Enterprise Telecommunications Centre Limited, Submission 29, p.6.

[195] Comindico, Submission 31, p. 21.

[196] Mr Paul Fletcher, Optus, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November, 2003, p.123.

[197] Mr Fred Grossman, Neighborhood Cable, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.28.

[198] Townsville City Council, Submission 15, p.31.

[199] Bits on Light Pty Ltd, Submission 23, p.7.

[200] Mr Fred Grossman, Neighborhood Cable, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.30.

[201] Ms Rosemary Sinclair, Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November 2003, p. 16.

[202] Dr Paul Brooks, Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November 2003, p.17.

[203] Mr Maha Krishnapillai, Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November, 2003, pp.19-20.

[204] Mr Jonathan Withers, Personal Broadband Australia, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November, 2003, p.90.

[205] ibid, p.96.

[206] Communications Expert Group, Submission 30.

[207] Communications Expert Group, Submission 30, p. 5.

[208] Small Enterprise Telecommunication Centre, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2003, p.29.

[209] Optus, Submission 36, p.22.

[210] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2003, p.40.

[211] Comindico, Submission 31, p15.

[212] Mr Ireland, Submission 8, p.1.

[213] The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Submission 25, p.6.

[214] Small Enterprise Telecommunications Centre Limited, Submission 29, p.5.

[215] Neighborhood Cable, Submission 49, p.8.

[216] Comindico, Submission 31, p.8.

[217] Mr David Forman, Competitive Carriers Coalition, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.22.

[218] Small Enterprise Telecommunications Centre Limited, Submission 29, p.3.

[219] Mr David Forman, Competitive Carriers Coalition, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.10.

[220] Mr Ian Slattery, Primus, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.47.

[221] Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 50, p.3.

[222] Simon Hackett, Managing Director Internode, Opinion from Australian IT.com.au readers, Broadband price squeeze, 22 March 2004, URL: http://australianit.news.com.au/ common/print/0,7208,897342361542566nbv6,00.html

[223] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC issues competition notice to Telstra over broadband internet pricing, 19 March 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/ content/item.phtml?itemId=490779&nodeId=file405a5f8237919&fn=Competition%20notice.pdf

[224] Stephen Bartholomeusz, Sydney Morning Herald, Telstra strung up by its broadband plan, URL: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/22/1079939582767.html

[225] Telstra, Media Release, 1 April 2004, Low broadband prices preserved, URL: http http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/media/mediareleases_article.cfm?ObjectID=31526

[226] Kate Mackenzie, The Australian, Telstra BigPond Backflip, 1 April 2004, URL: http://australianit. news.com.au/common/print/0,7208,9146732^15318^^nbv^15306,00.html.

[227] Phil Sweeney, Whirlpool News, 6 April 2004, URL: http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1257

[228] Phil Sweeney, Whirlpool News, 6 April 2004, URL: http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1257

[229] Michael Sainsbury, The Australian, Telstra taunts the watchdog, 9 June, 2004.

[230] Blair Speedy, Weekend Australian, Broadband cuts 'altruistic', 12 June 2004, p.35.

[231] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Challenges in Telecommunications Competition and Regulation, p. 3. At 30 June 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/content /item.phtml?itemId=518743&nodeId =file40dbc06cdfb57&fn=20040625%20SPAN.pdf

[232] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC leaves competition notice in force, 19 July 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/524972/fromItemId/ 2332

[233] Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 50, p.3.

[234] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Challenges in Telecommunications Competition and Regulation At 30 June 2004, URL: http://www.accc.gov.au/content /item.phtml?itemId=518743&nodeI=file40dbc06cdfb57&fn=20040625%20SPAN.pdf

[235] Dr Michael Bourk, Small Enterprise Telecommunications Centre Limited, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 November 2004, p.29.

[236] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Challenges in Telecommunications Competition and Regulation At 30 June 2004: http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml? itemId=518743&nodeId=file40dbc06cdfb57&fn=20040625%20SPAN.pdf

[237] Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 33, quoting Mr David Edmonds, Director General of Telecommunications, Oftel, in a paper delivered to the Institute for Public Policy Research, 11 October 2001.

[238] Institution of Engineers Australia, Submission 25, p. 9.

[239] ACT Government, Submission 14, p 4.

[240] Townsville City Council, Submission 15, p.32.

[241] Bits on Light Pty Ltd, Submission 23, p.8.

[242] Telstra, Submission 21, p.28.

[243] cBallatrat, Submission 49, p.3.

[244] Commissioner Ed Willett, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Challenges in Telecommunications Competition and Regulation, p. 7. At 30 June 2004: http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=518743&nodeId=file40dbc06cdfb57&fn= 20040625%20SPAN.pdf

[245] Dr Hugh Bradlow, Chief Technology Officer, Telstra, Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Reference Committee, Inquiry into the Australian Telecommunications Network, Committee Hansard, 6 August 2003, p 844.

[246] Mr Malcolm Moore, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 November, 2004, pp.157 - 158.

[247] Comindico, Submission 31a, pp 3 - 4.

[248] Personal Broadband Australia, Submission 11, p.5.

[249] Dr Hugh Bradlow, Chief Technology Officer, Telstra, Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Reference Committee, Inquiry into the Australian Telecommunications Network, Official Committee Hansard, 6 August 2003, pp 836 - 838.

[250] Dr Hugh Bradlow, Chief Technology Officer, Telstra, Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Reference Committee, Inquiry into the Australian Telecommunications Network, Official Committee Hansard, 6 August 2003, pp 840.

[251] While the Committee did not receive any detailed evidence on the cost of rolling out fixed line networks the cost per home passed can be estimated from the evidence received. In its submission Optus stated that its HFC network had cost over $4 billion to install since 1994 (Optus, Submission 36, p 7) and that the network passes 1.4 million addressable homes (Optus, Submission 36, p 6). On this basis the cost of rolling out the network can be estimated to be over $2800 per home. The cost obviously depends on the type of network being rolled out and the availability of access to existing infrastructure.

[252] Optus, Submission 36, p 14.

[253] Communications Expert Group Pty Ltd, Submission 30, p 7.

[254] ACT Government, Submission 14, p 5.

[255] Paul Budde Communications Pty Ltd, Submission 6, p 15.

[256] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging Market Structures in the Communications Sector, June 2003, p xvii.

[257] Optus, Submission 36, p 6.

[258] Optus, Submission 36, p 3.

[259] ibid.

[260] ibid, p 4.

[261] Comindico, Submission 31, p 2.

[262] cBallarat Ltd, Submission 49,

[263] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging Market Structures in the Communications Sector, June 2003, p xv.

[264] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging Market Structures in the Communications Sector, June 2003, p xv.

[265] Optus, Submission 36, p 13.

[266] Optus, Submission 36, p 14.

[267] Comindico, Submission 31, p 3.

[268] ibid, p 5.

[269] Telstra, Submission 21, pp 28 29.

[270] Primus Telecom, Submission 32, p 2.

[271] Comindico, Submission 31, p 10.

[272] Primus Telecom, Submission 32, p. 5.

[273] Paul Budde Communications Pty Ltd, Submission 6, p 1.

[274] ibid, p 3.

[275] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging Market Structures in the Communications Sector, June 2003, p xvi - xvii.

[276] ibid.

[277] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging Market Structures in the Communications Sector, June 2003, p xvi - xviii.

[278] ibid, p 57.

[279] ibid, p xx.

[280] Queensland Government, Submission 39, p 11.

[281] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging Market Structures in the Communications Sector, June 2003, p xx.

[282] Silver Communities Pty Ltd, Submission 45, p. 8.

[283] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging Market Structures in the Communications Sector, June 2003, p 18.

[284] See, for example: Comindico, Submission 31, p 18;

[285] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emerging Market Structures in the Communications Sector, June 2003, p xvi xvii.

[286] Telstra, Half-year Report 2004, p 16.

[287] See, for example: Comindico, Submission 31, p 18; ACIL Tasman, Submission 7a

[288] ACIL Tasman, Submission 7a, p 29.

[289] Comindico, Submission 31, p 19.

[290] The Senate Economic References Committee, Report into the effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act 1974 in protecting small business, 2004.

[291] ibid, p. 65.

[292] ibid, p. 66.

[293] The Senate Economic References Committee, Report into the effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act 1974 in protecting small business, 2004, p. 66.

[294] ibid.

[295] Primus, Submission 32, p. 7.

[296] Comindico, Submission 31a, pp.2-5.

[297] Senator the Hon Richard Alston, Labor misuse of the Senate reaches a new low, media release 104/3, 26 June 2003.

[298] Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee, Report on the provisions of the Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2003, October 2003, p. 35.

[299] Senator the Hon Ian Campbell, Senate Hansard, 14 November 2002, p.6329.

[300] Productivity Commission, Review of National Competition Policy Arrangements, Circular 27 April 2004.

[301] Senator the Hon Richard Alston, Question on Notice, Senate Hansard, 16 June 203, p.11378.

[302] Mr Colin Lyons, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 10 March 2004, p.33.

[303] TPG media advertisement. URL: www.tpg.com.au

[304] Telstra, Cheaper prices send broadband numbers soaring , media release, 11 June 2004, URL: http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/media/mediareleases_article.cfm?ObjectID=31894

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[306] Senator the Hon Richard Alston, Telecommunications Competition Bill 2002, Senate Hansard, 19 December 2002, p.7376.

[307] The Australian, 26 July 2004, No case for Foxtel sale.

[308] National Office for the Information Economy, Australia's National Broadband Strategy, 2004.

[309] Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Broadband take-up climbs, media release 117/04, 27 July 2004.

[310] Mr Ed Willett, Commissioner ACCC, New networks and services important for telecommunications competition: ACCC, media release 138/04, 26 July 2004.

[311] Senator Tsebin Tchen, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 5 February 2004, p.72.

[312] Alasdair Grant, Industry Structure and Regulatory Bodies, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation (3ed.) Alasdair Grant (ed.) (ed.), UNSW Press, 2004, p.45.

[313] Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Connecting Australia. Report of the Telecommunications Service Inquiry, 2000, p. 27.

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