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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:54:29 +1000
From: Stuart Auld To: Craig Ian Dewick, Brendan Pratt Cc: aussie-isp, Aussie-Isp Message-Id: <200603150154.k2F1sTbi014830@woodstock.ultrafast.com.au> In-Reply-To: <123C1D2B1BD4364597A0460481190636B9400C@frodo.cis> Subject: RE: [Oz-ISP] 6 month embargo on adsl ? |
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We've had customers tell us that Telstra has told them they can have their relocation done in a matter of hours if they're a BigPond customer. "Oh, you're not with Big Pond? That'll take a bit longer". We've asked a couple of them to document it but everyone's too apathetic I think. Stuart > -----Original Message----- > From: a u s s i e - i s p - b o u n c e s @ t a z . n e t . a u > [m a i l t o : a u s s i e - i s p - b o u n c e s @ t a z . n e t . a u On Behalf Of Craig Ian Dewick > Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2006 11:44 AM > To: Brendan Pratt > Cc: a u s s i e - i s p @ t a z . n e t . a u aussie-isp > Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] 6 month embargo on adsl ? > > On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Brendan Pratt wrote: > > > I've just had a customer ring up asking about adsl, who > advised me that a > > certain computer shop in Jimboomba, who also happens to be > a telstra > > countrywide dealer, had told them that adsl was coming to > their local > > exchange. > > > > Now that sounds nice, but they also advised him that for > the first 6 months, > > you could only get connected if you went with bigpong as > your ISP, as telstra > > were not allowing any other ISP's to connect customers up. > > > > I have asked him to obtain more information for me, but he > told me that there > > was nothing in print, just what the co-owner of that > computer shop said to > > him. The only printed thing he got was in a letterbox drop > from telstra with > > this particular shop's details on it offering 'free' mobile > phone stuff. > > > > > > This whole thing stinks of deceptive and dishonest business > practices, and > > should not be allowed to happen, but how do you get > something like this > > stopped, and prospective new clients advised that this is > wrong without an > > expensive advertising/marketing campaign on my part ? > > > > Are telstra allowed to have these 6 month embargo's that make for a > > anti-competitive situation ? > > You should get information about this to the TV stations so > it can be a > story for a program like Today Tonight - it's perfect and about time > Telstra got really roasted over some market manipulation. > > I haven't applied for ADSL here yet, but I won't be getting > it directly > through www.bigswamp.net though when I do (hopefully in the > coming weeks > since I'll be on annual leave then). > > Craig. > > -- > Craig Dewick (c r a i g @ p o i s o n . l i o s . a p a n a . o r g . a u > http://lios.apana.org.au/~craig > APANA Sydney Deputy Regional Co-ordinator. Operator of Jedi > (APANA Sydney POP) > Always striving for a secure long-term future in an > insecure short-term world > Have you exported a crypto system today? Do your bit to > undermine the NSA. > > _______________________________________________ > Aussie-isp mailing list > A u s s i e - i s p @ t a z . n e t . a u > http://taz.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aussie-isp > > send an email to a u s s i e - i s p - u n s u b s c r i b e @ t a z . n e t . a u to leave this list > ---- email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to m a j o r d o m o @ a u s s i e . n e t to be removed. |
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