Original sentence: For example between Hobart and Melbourne it currently costs 6 times for traffic than it does from Melbourne to the United States.In effect, this means that anywhere where a competitor such as Nextgen Networks  or Optus does not exist (and competitive cables only exist between Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane and Cairns), any costs that are charged to the ISP are considered higher than necessary.Telstra, in order to extract the most benefit for its shareholders, charge a monopoly based price on Backhaul from the exchange to the Capital City Links.Whilst Australia is widely covered by a fibre network, the sale of infrastructure by the Government to Telstra must count as short sighted
Edited sentence: In effect, this means that anywhere where a competitor such as Nextgen Networks  or Optus does not exist (and competitive cables only exist between Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane and Cairns), any costs that are charged to the ISP are considered reasonable.Telstra, in most instances has the onlyBackhaul from the exchange to the Capital City Links.Whilst Australia is widely covered by a fibre network, in general only Telstra service outside the metro area and major towns