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Dodo will win the NBN land-grab, claims Budde

news Maverick analyst Paul Budde this week claimed cut-rate broadband provider Dodo was the only ISP positioned to take advantage of the deployment of the predominantly fibre-based National Broadband Network as it is rolled out across the nation over the next decade.

In a blog post following a briefing with Dodo, Budde highlighted the fact that many telcos and ISPs in Australia had historically followed a “network-driven, telecoms approach” to their business, while the telecommunication landscape in an NBN world would see the network become “pure commodity”, with control over infrastructure “beyond their reach”.

With the NBN, Budde argued, the focus would change from networks and “regulatory gaming or Telstra gaming” and to pure retail outcomes. “There is only one large-scale telco retailer who has any experience in this market, and that is Dodo.”

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