Another issue is whether the net has been cast widely enough to provide protections for smaller customers, on the basis of their negotiating inexperience. Smaller customers are probably more likely to lack information, be commercially inexperienced and not be equipped with a strong bank of negotiating skills. As a consequence they may find it more difficult to negotiate better alternative-supply arrangements (for services provided by third-party accessors). That would suggest that smaller customers should receive more protections than large consumers; however, public water utilities in the Sydney and Hunter regions currently must offer the same protections to all customers alike. One possible problem in creating two classes of customers, small and large, is where to draw the line between them and how to address the concern that some small customers might be well equipped to negotiate and other larger companies might be either inadequate or inexperienced as negotiators. Given that, it may be better for new, private suppliers to be forced to provide the same protections for all their customers. Such a method would ensure that more vulnerable customers, irrespective of size, received protection. It would also streamline the obligations of public and private service providers.