thegoons <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> thegoons <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote

>>> Why should I have to be forced into buying an expensive new NEXT-G fancy handset, when it is Telstra forcing me off
>>> CDMA?

>> Why indeed.

>>> They made the decision to shut down their network, not me. I signed
>>> up to CDMA in good faith that it was a new technology (newer than
>>> GSM, the 'latest and greatest' according to The Hon. Tim Fisher aka Fizzler back in 1999), yet they now claim it is
>>> an ageing relic.

>> That last is a bare faced lie and irrelevant anyway.

> Nope,

Yep.

> refer to comments made by Telstra's Gary Goldsworthy
> (http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/Ho...g.aspx?mid=373) making reference to "the ageing CDMA network"

I never ever said he didnt say it, I JUST said that that is a bare faced lie.

>>> Surely this is against basic consumer law.

>> Thats arguable. Bet you wont be able to get the ACCC to shaft telstra on that.