Alan Parkington <parkingtona@team.telstra.com> wrote

> From
> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14544/127/

> Telstra has come out fighting

Wrong, its come out wanking, as always.

> in response to the Government-imposed requirement to keep its CDMA network operating until the Government is satisfied
> that the Next G network provides equivalent coverage.

All just piss and wind, as always from telstra.

> Telstra has produced a three page brochure headed "Say goodbye to CDMA. Say hello to Next G wireless broadband" in
> which it says the requirement, in the form of a licence condition, is "another example
> of the Government showing disregard for sound, pro-consumer and
> pro-investment public policy"

Like it or lump it, fuckwits.

And you're lying anyway, there isnt any problem with
the investment by others in mobile systems here.

> and promising to "explore legal options to reduce these new Government-imposed burdens on consumers and Telstra
> shareholders."

Explore all you like, fuckwits.

And when all the govt is actually doing is holding you clowns to your
committment to not turn off the cdma system until it provides as good
or better service as the NextG system, you've got fucking buckleys of
ever convincing any court to do a damned thing about it.

> Telstra says its commitment to the same or better guaranteed coverage by the scheduled closure date of 28 January 2008
> "is a firm commitment that has been accepted on face value by more than one million consumers who are already Next G
> network users.

The govt obviously isnt prepared to accept you clown's word on that, fuckwits.

> However...the Federal Government has decided to impose a licence condition that requires Telstra to do what it has
> already promised - to guarantee that consumers have the same or better coverage than CDMA."

Then what the fuck are you whining about, fuckwits ?

> Because she is involved in a court case with Telstra, communications
> minister Helen Coonan last week delegated responsibility for imposing
> the licence condition to Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, who took
> just 24 hours to do so

Like that or lump that, fuckwits.

Thats what you get when you are actually stupid enough to get into a
stoush with the govt that you cant possibly win. This latest tantrum in spades.