>> I do agree re: openning an account with an incorrect address. Don't
>> Telstra need two pieces of ID, one showing (what is likely to be) your
>> current address (eg, recent bill from another utility, current driver's
>> license), before you can open a telephone account?
>
> I'm all but certain you can nominate any *billing* address you like. If
> I'm wrong, I'm sure Monsieur Michael J. Ellis will correct me. (And I
> know

Correct.

Anyone can address their bills elsewhere, very common

- po Boxes
- parents addresses
- work addresses
- accountants address, etc

> I've personally never provided Telstra with anything other than a
> telephone
> call to connect a home phone.)

Correct

> In any case, if Telstraa wants to, it wouldn't have too much trouble
> tracking down the mystery subscriber's real addresss. After all, it was a
> fixed line service.
>
> Of course, they won't trouble themselves doing that, and, unless the
> amount
> owing is considerable, Telstra's more likely to "sell" the debt to any
> mercantile agent silly enough to buy it.

Refer it first (to D&B as in this case) and then sell it later