The problem is that Telstra owns most of the infrasctructure, paid for with public monies. Telstra should NEVER have been privatised, and the infrastructure should have ALWAYS remained the property of the government, and NOT Telstra.
The TIO is as useless as t*ts on a bull, and until ISPs can make formal complaints against the wholesalers, things won't get any better. Also, the TIO needs to be changed so that if a user complains about an ISP but it's a wholesaler fault, then the wholesaler cops it, not the poor ISP.
Telstra doesn't give a **** about the TIO, it doesn't even take any notice, it just pays whatever the TIO asks. Smaller and medium level ISPs get screwed badly by the process. I say disband the TIO and put something better designed in its place that will keep the wholesaler *******s honest.
Once again, we have idiotic politicians in place, making idiotic decisions on things that they know jack **** about.
Dave
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