B J Foster <bjfoster@yahoo.com.au> wrote
> 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

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

>>>>>> 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.

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

>>>> So is labor.

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

>>>> That govt has gone, stupid.

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

>> So it clearly wants a hell of a lot more than broadband in the bush, fuckwit.

>>> how do you suppose they will achieve that by starting in the cities?

>> They START in the citys and end up doing the bush as well, fuckwit.

> And when do you suppose they will end?

Well after they start, fuckwit.

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

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

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

>> You in spades. 98% is a hell of a lot more than JUST the bush, fuckwit.

>> And the real bush is the 2% that isnt even covered, fuckwit.

> ...but apparently you would

Nope, its never going to be feasible or sensible to deliver FTTN everywhere, fuckwit.

>>>>>> "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.

>>>>> Huh?