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Well done Paul Swain

June 24th, 2004 at 8:12 am by David Farrar

I was pleased to read a couple of days ago that Communications Minister Paul Swain did actually recommend the Government ask the Telecommunications Commissioner to reconsider his decision not to unbundle the local loop. Well done for this.

He got rolled in Cabinet, which is fairly rare for Ministers (may be less so for Swain who had some barmy traffic law changes squashed also). Few Ministers would know enough to contribute on this issue, so I suspect any over-ruling would had to have been led by either the PM, Cullen or maybe Mallard. I’d heard the PM was in fact supportive of unbundling, so my guess would be Cullen was oppossed.

My views on unbundling have been previously posted. I do look forward to the day I can use broadband at full speed for more than 67 minutes a month!

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2 Responses to “Well done Paul Swain”

  1. Jordan Says:
    June 24th, 2004 at 2:48 pm

    Would anyone else find it dismal but funny if they didn’t agree to it to ‘protect our reputation for foreign investors’?

    JC

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  2. David Farrar Says:
    June 24th, 2004 at 11:41 pm

    Yes.

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