Until NBN rolls out which is looking very dubious, Telstra has control of the copper wire and exchanges no matter what other companies or legislation is concerned. Remove the damn copper go with NBN and remove Telstra from equation. Although no doubt some other Gov Beuracracy will replace to control fibre.
At least there will be a infinitely better communications network in its place. Even Sol agreed copper wire was unsustainable for our nations communication network, why do you think he pushed 3G. Now even Telstra agrees 3G is not sustainable or secure enough to replace copper. Wake up our procrastinating, and dubiously elected people, it is a matter of urgency as of 6 possibly 10 years ago Telstra warned it can not sustain maintenance of copper it needs replacing. John Howard and cohorts tried to solve approving new material into copper which is now having to be removed at quite a substantial amount of money. Australia needs this communication backbone same as we need ports, rail links, roads, all very diligently touched from time to time. Private enterprise can not sustain or provide these services, many governments and organisations have tried failing miserably. We pay fairly equitable amounts of TAX , so lets use this money for such services and remove this pussy footing business plan melancholy to one side as we all know it is not sustainable as a business practice. As proven when JH tried to sell its implications a few years back no business could viably offer a solution they would go broke trying. Move Telstra to 3G and controlling our airwaves for which they have so much invested in this, opening up research and services to other providers. Let the NBN replace the copper improving our communications for quite a few decades to come? Apologies for the Rant, but nobody has the balls or foresight to deal with this problem as with hospitals, instead of what is best for nation it is what we as party want, then object to everything? Even if we agree! It is not just about the speed, but the quality of service fibre offers. RobD... On 01Dec2010, at 9:22 pm, S Beach wrote: > > oooh and The Evil Empire (Telstra) are doing it for free too! ... but you > have to call them first. > http://www.itnews.com.au/News/235351,telstra-to-unlock-its-iphones-for-free.aspx > > (Perhaps they won't be so evil when they are split and no longer rule of the > nation's primary broadband network) > > Regards > > Shayne Beach > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Andrew <sprint9...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > No. I'm with Optus and mine was unlocked via iTunes after a phone call to > Optus. > Andrew > > > > On 01/12/2010, at 7:09 PM, Peder Kristensen <ped...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > Has anyone of you Optus iPhone 4 user received a SMS from Optus re > > unlocking your iPhone? See link below > > http://www.itnews.com.au/News/240352,optus-unlocks-iphones-over-the-network.aspx > > > > Cheers, > > Peder > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
