News.com.au, 21 Oct 2008
"Singapore Telecommunications-owned Optus is the largest telco in the Terria consortium, Telstra's main rival in the bidding process for the right to build the NBN.
Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan said today that open access to the network was at the core of Terria's bid, while Telstra was acting in self interest.
"I put it to you that for all the rhetoric, Telstra's so-called open access model is a sham, and all Australians will pay much higher prices for broadband if it is implemented,'' Mr O'Sullivan said."
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