The rest of the telco industry would hope that's the case. But years of being dominated by a monolithic monopoly has bred a high level of cynicism.

Internode managing director, Simon Hackett, recently claimed Telstra is, in some way, blackmailing the ACCC and the Government with its inadequate SSU.

If the ACCC doesn't approve of the current SSU, the document may have to be subjected to yet another Telstra shareholder's vote which could delay the NBN Co deal, he said.

That would bring delays to the NBN and in turn headaches for the Government that has faced mounting criticism for the expensive broadband network.

Though Kennedy can see where Hackett's coming from, he doesn't agree with the Internode managing director's concerns. Even the ACCC has come out to say it was under no pressure from the Government -- or anybody for that matter -- to speed up its SSU approval process to get the $11 billion deal rolling.