Gang of Nine releases alternative FTTN plans

摘要

The group of nine carriers has unveiled details of its plan for an alternative FTTN rollout, announced in April, that it claims would have greater reach than Telstra's, equality of access for all access seekers and generate a viable return on investment capital. The group released two weeks ago an interim report detailing the policy issues around FTTN. The key to the proposal, set out in a report prepared by the Allen Consulting Group and dandolopartners, is a company dubbed SpeedReach to which the owner of the network (dubbed Fanoc) would cede control over most matters concerning the network, including long term rollout plans, capacity and technology. The members of SpeedReach would be all telcos which would use the network. However its board would comprise only "respected independent directors". It would have a "small high quality executive staff"