Mark Newton said: "What Telstra "intends" and what actually happens aren't necessarily the same thing."
Sol sent me a letter putting me on monthly billing as this was now policy. Rang them and told them I did'nt like being treated as someone who could'nt handle their financial affairs & would look elsewhere. Now back on quarterly billing :-) Chris McDonnell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> Cc: "Peter Creswick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] CDMA/Next G > > On 04/12/2007, at 6:08 PM, stuart smith wrote: > >> Where does this fit into "it cant be losed down until equivalent or >> better >> coverage with Next G"? > > What Telstra "intends" and what actually happens aren't necessarily the > same thing. They can put as many notices on phone bills as they like, > but at the end of the day if Jan 28 rolls around and ACMA thinks the > NextG network is still shite, they'll insist that CDMA continues to > run. > > There's a massive, multi-billion-dollar game of brinkmanship happening > here. The players have spent years moving the pieces into place. You, > me, and every other mobile phone user in Australia are mere pawns. > > You don't get a bill from the AMCA, so you don't get a piece of text > on the back saying, "Enjoy your use of the CDMA network, we'll make > sure it keeps running until NextG isn't crappier than what you already > have." > > - mark > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring