"Spokes" <spokesman123@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 19, 3:21 am, "thegoons" <thego...@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?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Surely this is against basic consumer law.
>
> The CDMA closure is tough for some.
> move on, get with it.
> incentives are being thrown at you to migrate to nextg with the least
> possible financial pain.
> After jan 28, CDMA is no more and you will lose your mobile number if
> you don't migrate beforehand, unless the mighty Roddles has a really
> effective solution.
>
>

What "incentives"?.