Internode had its chance to complain

Hackett last week described the model as "insane" for small internet service providers, warning that none will survive their walk through the "valley of death" transition from the current copper network to the fibre future envisioned by the Federal Government and that they could be forced to buy aggregated services from existing large players like Telstra and Optus.

The ABC's Inside Business program yesterday

Speaking on the ABC's Inside Business program yesterday, Conroy said Internode's complaint was in substance about the number of points of interconnect which the NBN will offer ISPs.

Presenter Alan Kohler pointed out that Hackett's complaint was as well based on the cost of what NBN Co calls its virtual circuit pricing, nevertheless Conroy echoed NBN Co's comments last week that Hackett's critique was based on the idea that ISPs would be national.

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