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Media matters

a blog by Rhonda Griffin

Latest 'Media matters' blog entry

Rhetoric structurally separated from reality

Rhonda Griffin

Blogger Rhonda Griffin says despite being repeatedly told that “separation” has worked in the UK, NZ and Ireland - the fact is that none of these countries have undertaken “structural separation”.

Recently every pet shop parrot has been squawking “structural separation”, with scant reference to real facts and data. Those who want to fulfil their own commercial aims by sacrificing Telstra follow the old theory that if you repeat misinformation often enough it becomes fact, especially in the complex area of regulatory policy. We are repeatedly told that “separation” has worked in the UK, NZ and Ireland, playing on the old cultural cringe that anything done by one of these countries... More...

 

Previous 'Media matters' entries

All the broadband you can eat (in your sleep)

With much hoo-ha Primus this week announced the “Big Kahuna” broadband plan offering 200 Gigabytes of data a month for just under $80. But experience has taught me that if something sounds too be good to be true, it usually is, and this plan has one mighty catch … More...

TERRiA the broadband dog in the manger

Blogger Rhonda Griffin says the consortium TERRiA (formally-known-as-G9) is simply a spoiler. Clearly it doesn’t want to build the network, it just doesn’t want Telstra to build it. More...

Helen Coonan still doesn’t get IT

It didn't surprise blogger Rhonda Griffin to read Helen Coonan say in an interview with CommsDay this week that she didn't think there was a need for a $4.7 billion contribution to a National Broadband Network (NBN). Rhonda argues Senator Coonan would clearly favour a patchwork of piecemeal programs that have very little to show for themselves. More...

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