﻿ Can brinkmanship build a just monopoly? | ZDNet  Can
brinkmanship build a just monopoly?  Summary: We're only days
into 2012, but ISPs are already drawing NBN Co into a showdown
over its Wholesale Broadband Agreement. Are they just testing
its patience, or can their stonewalling push the company back to
the drawing board yet again?  If a camel is a horse designed by
committee, what are we to make of the National Broadband Network
(NBN)? Seemingly far from the authoritarian monopolist that it's
made out to be, NBN Co has solicited input at every stage of its
development so far and changed its plans numerous times as a
result. However, all this caring and sharing has embroiled the
company in yet another fierce debate as more than half of
Australia's ISPs refuse to sign its final Wholesale Broadband
Agreement (WBA).  Building consensus is hard — but how
accommodating can NBN Co be before an impasse locks major ISPs
out of the NBN? (Bactrian Camel image by Michael Pereckas,
CC2.0)  The WBA, you'll recall, was u