“Sometimes when you do long-term deals, things change over time and so we looked to cut a new deal that works for everyone.” “We did a long-term deal originally,” Britt said.
That existing deal had been due to expire mid-to-late next year however, with Aussie Broadband in the process of running its own fibre to 75 PoIs, it made sense to bring the deal to an early close and renegotiate terms. Managing director Phillip Britt told iTnews that the company had brought forward the expiry of an existing long-term wholesale arrangement with Telstra that covered backhaul links to all 121 NBN points of interconnect (PoIs). Aussie Broadband has cut a new five-year deal with Telstra Wholesale for access to high-capacity inter-capital and NBN interconnect fibre links that it says will help it compete for business with its larger rivals.
