[plug] Bloody Telstra

[Chris Griffin]

A friend of mine has his internet access on cable and then has VOIP for his
only phone (local number, not sure of VOIP/internet provider but will find
out) and NO other phone line to pay for.


On 11/16/05, Kai Jones <kai.jones at broome.wa.gov.au> wrote:
>
> 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 ?
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