There appears to be no stopping the war over Broadband in Australia with a group of ten leading Australia ISP's taking out a full page newspaper advertisement to promote their new website 'fairgobroadband.com.au'. The new site basically takes a shot at potential Telstra pricing if it were to win the National Broadband Network bid.
AAPT, iiNet, Internode, Macquarie Telecom, Optus, PowerTel, Primus, Soul, Telarus and TransAct are the ISP's who are leading the charge against Telstra and the push on fair pricing for Broadband. Their new site has a very limited menu interface but does in fact have a petition form so that you can voice your concerns to the Government over pricing for the new NBN along with links to a coinciding PDF; a respective speech by Optus CEO Paul O'Sullivan; and a link to the 'Tell the Truth Telstra' site. It appears that these sites, and information on such, have been brought about and developed specifically to counteract in what's been described as the 'Telstra Propaganda' website 'Nowwearetalking.com.au'.
There is a clear and present danger that in its rush to roll out the National Broadband Network (NBN), the Government will give away critical competition and consumer safeguards. This would see Telstra regain its monopoly control of fixed line voice and broadband; drive much higher broadband prices; and in turn keep broadband usage well below its potential. Such an outcome would see Australia fail to secure the true benefits of broadband.
Visit or register your concern by visiting http://www.fairgobroadband.com.au/