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In article <34c505cb.40207923@news2.pegasus.com.au>,
peterb@gebesse.com.au wrote:

>Tom Worthington <tomw@acslink.net.au> wrote:

>>I just noticed that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 
>>(ACCC) was conducting a public inquiry into whether to "declare" services 
>>allowing intercarrier roaming between existing and new digital mobile 
>>networks.

>>"...roaming can enable the customers of a new mobile carrier in the 1.8 
>>GHz band in a metropolitan area to use an existing GSM network where the 
>>new network has no presence, such as in regional or country areas." 

>So now if I spend a couple of billion dollars building a GSM network,
>someone else can come along, put up one tower, and I am forced to let
>them use my infrastructure to say they have universal coverage?

What's the big deal so long as they pay you for it? I haven't heard anyone
saying that they have to provide _free_ access to other network providers.
The only thing they're complaining about is losing their oligopoly.

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Cheers,
Marty.
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