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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:23:55 +1000
From: Dale Clapperton To: Ozisp, isp-australia Message-Id: <000701c3d11a$8ebcd240$0a03a8c0@blackbird.net.au> Subject: [Oz-ISP] Ziggy: we will CRUSH you!!! (paraphrased) |
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I guess Ziggy isn't sadisfied with having 65 of the telco market in Australia and sole control of the local loop, having only 65% is "not acceptable" and he wants to increase it. Will he accomplish this by?? 1) Predatory pricing; 2) Anti-compeditive policies; 3) Strategic incompetence; 4) Dirty tricks; or 5) All of the above. My money is on #5. http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8304129%255E15306,00.html [...] In August, following its lowest annual profit result in five years - thanks largely to a $US965 million writedown on its Reach cable joint venture in Asia - Telstra chief executive Ziggy Switkowski signalled a fightback. He said the company's slide to 65 per cent market share from a monopoly in 1990 was no longer acceptable and that the telco should be able to hold share and perhaps even recover some ground. [...] $cynicism++ Dale ---- email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to m a j o r d o m o @ a u s s i e . n e t to be removed. |
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