makattack I have one electricity line, one water line, one gas...

makattack I have one electricity line, one water line, one gas line, sounds like a monopoly to me.

I have a choice of retailer but no choice of who's infrastructure I use, sounds like a monopoly to me.

"...Electricity is not a monopoly. There are 16 electricity distributors around Australia, each owning their own infrastructure...makattack"
They still have monopolies in their respective areas.


makattack your argument about monopolies is very weak, as our society is full of monopolies.

You claim the NBN will be a White Elephant, and then you say private enterprise should be looking after our communications future. Yet you know they will not do that without tax payer cash and ongoing tax payer cash to service the other 75% of the unprofitable population.