Terria (consortium)
Terria Access Seekers Association, formerly known as G9 is a consortium of Australian Internet service providers who, in 2006, formed a consortium to bid for the right to build the proposed National Broadband Network.
The companies involved are Internode Systems, iiNet, Macquarie Telecom, Optus and Primus.
A notable absence from the list is Telstra. Terria came about in response to a proposal from Telstra to build a Fibre to the node (FTTN) communications network around Australia. The consortium (which at the time comprised eight companies — iiNet was yet to join) responded that the new network would lock out all competitors, and would only provide speeds which were achievable with the existing infrastructure. They proposed an alternate open network which, with Telstra's participation, would have covered a larger percentage of the population and allowed open competition for the same cost. Telstra refused, and apparently due to regulatory issues, abandoned their original plan.
