Horry <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote
> GB wrote
>> Horry <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote

>>> They shouldn't, but that's not my point. My point is that that private
>>> companies shouldn't be forced to provide unprofitable services.

>> Consequences of receiving a country-wide telephone network
>> for free do not include the right to cherry-pick which bits of that
>> telephone network you want to operate and which bits you don't.

> No-one received a telephone network for free.

Wrong, telstra did with the landline system.

> The Government originally owned the network through PMG/Telecom/Telstra.

And Telstra didnt pay the govt a cent for that.

> The Government then sold Telstra (for tens upon tens of
> billions of dollars) through a series of public share offers.

Thats not the PSTN, that Telstra which was a lot more than just the PSTN.

> That offer included the PSTN.

Yes, but Telstra didnt pay the govt a cent for that.

> Read the prospectuses for the share offers.

Dont need to on that.