Alan Parkington <parkingtona@team.telstra.com> wrote
> From
> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15082/127/
> Unless the government intervenes,
Which it already has. It changed the license conditions for a reason, fuckwit.
> Telstra will close its CDMA network on 28 January,
Wanna bet ? Regardless of who wins the election.
> but the chairman of on its resellers, Fone Zone, has revealed
He didnt 'reveal', he CLAIMED, a different matter entirely.
> that there are still almost 900,000 customers on the network.
What matters is how many of those still use it.
> Fone Zone's chairman, Brian Finn, told the company's AGM on 29
> October that "there are still more than 880,000 CDMA customers who will need to move to the Next G network in the next
> few months
Easy to claim, hell of a lot harder to actually substantiate that claim.
> and they represent significant potential for Telstra and Fone Zone.
In your dreams, child.
> We intend to pursue that potential with great vigour."
Wota fucking wanker.
> On 22 October, Telstra Country Wide group managing director, Geoff
> Booth, was urging CDMA customers to make the switch, saying Telstra
> did not want any of its customers stranded without a mobile network.
Wota fucking wanker.
> "By migrating now customers can also avoid any last minute rush,
Make a lot more sense to wait till Jan when it will be clearer
what the govt of the day plans to do about the shutdown.
With any luck telstra will be told that they wont be allowed to shut it down, ever.
> be sure that they keep their mobile number
Thats flagrantly dishonest. They can do that even if the cdma system
has just been shut down when they change to something else.
> and, if they are using prepaid,
Fuck all of them are and even less of those have any credit.
> transfer any remaining credit," Booth said.
> To encourage customers to make the move Telstra is offering $100 credit to postpaid CDMA customers who move to an
> eligible plan on the Next G network before 13 November 2007.
And will be offering even more later, you watch.