Subj : Re: Vibes To : Oli From : Vk3jed Date : Sun Jan 30 2022 20:21:00 -=> On 01-27-22 12:46, Oli wrote to Vk3jed <=- Ol> Interesting, I had to look it up on Wikipedia. A$51 billion is quite Ol> acceptable. In 2000 mobile network operators paid 50¨ million for UMTS Yeah I saw it as an investment. Unfortunately, a change of government meant the original FTTP design was downgraded, and we ended up with VDSL here, which is OK, but has some issues. But new installations like the house we're building are to be FTTP, from what I understand. Ol> licenses. That is just for the right to use certain frequencies and to Ol> build the infrastructure at their own cost. UMTS (3G) has been turned Ol> off recently ... I can't remember what the spectrum licences here for mobile carriers were here. .... The past should be a mental springboard - not a hammock. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (21:1/109) .