[plug] Bloody Telstra

[Kai Jones]

Mr E_T wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 November 2005 11:04, David Dartnall wrote:
>> Last month we received a letter from Telstra saying in part:
>>
>> ... the monthly line rental for HomeLine Part services will increase 
>> from $26.95 to $31.95 from the 1st of December 2005 to recover more of 
>> the cost of providing access to this service.
>>
>> How can we get away from Telstra? Does anyone have any suggestions?
> You cant fully get away from telstra as they own all the landlines :{
> However you can try different providers.
> 
> IInets IIphone seems ok - Ive been tempted to try it.
> min 1.5 M internet, home phone and a sip phone from $30- a month.
> 
> net speeds 1500/256 min to 12000/1000
> 
> http://www.iinet.com.au

If we had an iiSLAM or AmSLAM up here I'd prolly take the time to have a 
look :P

I had an idea though, surely we have enough expertise on this list and 
other Australian Telco/ISP lists that if the community really wanted to 
do something about Telstra's dominance, we could....it'd be a matter of 
organising it and then making the bloody thing happen rather than just 
talking and whinging about it.

What's the likelihood of that happening in any time soon ?