[plug] Bloody Telstra

[Kai]

Alex Polglaze wrote:
> Kai wrote:
> 
>> Don't ya just HATE that...anticompetitive pricks, and the government's 
>> letting them do it.
>>
>> I currently have my mobile with Optarse, local calls with Telslut, 
>> ADSL with WestNet and land to mobile, STD and ISD calls with 
>> WestNet...once WestNet provides a full phone service I'll prolly 
>> change to that but it doesn't change the fact that Telslut's still 
>> getting paid somewhere along the line.
>>
>> Yes, the mobile phone coverage with Optarse sucks up here but I'd 
>> rather pay Optarse every month than give more money to Telstra. Might 
>> give Vodafone a go when my contract with Optarse runs out.
> 
> This makes real good economic sense, given the fact the OPTUS is owned 
> by the Singapore Government.
> 
> Telstra's problem is the government and its social charter, but don't 
> worry. Soon, we won't have an Australian Telco and all our services, 
> which may be cheaper in the short term, will be owned by overseas 
> companies. However, in the long term, the cost will be many times greater.
> 
> I am not a fan of Telstra by the way.
> 
> 
> Alex

6 of one, half a dozen of the other - I don't like Telslut, Optarse is 
owned by Singapore Government and Vodafone's prolly not Australian 
either...guess it depends in what way you want to be screwed.

At least WestNet is Western Australian born and bred !