On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 07:26:20 Andrew McGlashan said, Linz's comment first, hope do not mind me saying this................
If Telstra wasn't so hell bent on milking every consumer [of any type] for as much as they can and if they cared about keeping our network up to world standards without super premium pricing, well .. I might be able to support them. Whilst they continue to extort far too much for their product, they don't deserve ANY support and will remain the last bastion of hope for those unfortunate enough to actually need to rely upon them.
You appear not have understood what Mark was saying, in most rural Australia one simply has no choice, you have Telstra or nothing. As far as I am concerned these other Telco's you are defending are as guilty of gouging the public as Telstra, as they will ____ONLY____ provide services where they can get a large return on as small an outlay as possible. Telstra's performance is poor, but at last its there you mostly cannot get support from anyone else. I am somewhat luckier than Mark as my rural house is just below a hill that has both Telstra and another carriers (Optus) mobile towers on it so I can get a half decent although from in town standards very expensive fast internet (I use Virgin), even then its NOT reliable. The nearest town around 5 kilometres away has both ASDL and fixed radio, neither of these will reach me. NBN will not be availible at my location for at least another couple of years and then it will be via satelite. Note: I am not complaining just making a point. services will _____ALWAYS______ be poorer in rural areas, something most town and city folk do not always understand, one lives in such an area to get a quite life. Lindsay