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Old 05-05-2008, 09:45 PM
B J Foster
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Default Re: Telstra chairman hits back at Optus

Rod Speed wrote:
> B J Foster <bjfoster@yahoo.com.au> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> B J Foster <bjfoster@yahoo.com.au> wrote
>>>> Alan Parkington wrote

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>>>>> From
>>>>> http://www.businessspectator.com.au/...D?OpenDocument

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>>>>> Telstra Chairman Donald McGauchie has hit out at the Optus-backed
>>>>> G9 consortium's renewed interest in building the national broadband
>>>>> network, declaring Telstra the only viable bidder.

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>>>> Telstra is planning to start in the cities.

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>>> So is labor.

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>>>> The government wants broadband in the bush.

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>>> That govt has gone, stupid.

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>> The *labor* government wants 98% coverage,

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> So it clearly wants a hell of a lot more than broadband in the bush, fuckwit.
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>> how do you suppose they will achieve that by starting in the cities?

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> They START in the citys and end up doing the bush as well, fuckwit.
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And when do you suppose they will end?

Not even Labor would fall for that one, speedy boy...


>>>> It's good business to pay attention to your
>>>> biggest customer - one would have thought

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>>> Only when you noticed that the govt has changed.

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>> Well of course its entirely possible that Labor can't do arithmetic but neither can you

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> You in spades. 98% is a hell of a lot more than JUST the bush, fuckwit.
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> And the real bush is the 2% that isnt even covered, fuckwit.


....but apparently you would

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>>>>> "The new government has a view as to what they want out of telecommunications and we'll do our very best to work
>>>>> with that," Mr McGauchie said.

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>>>> Huh?

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