Kemp, youre a fuckwit.

End of story




"Will Kemp" <Will@xxxx.Swaggie.net> wrote in message
news:C1cUj.8553$WA5.1779@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
> On Wed, 07 May 2008 05:16:29 +0000, Alan Parkington wrote:
>
>> from
>> http://news.theage.com.au/cdma-network-no-longer-
> ringing/20080429-2995.html
>>
>> After months of public and political debate, Telstra's CDMA mobile phone
>> network was switched off in the early hours of Tuesday morning with
>> barely a whimper.
>>
>> According to Telstra, the shutdown occurred without any problems.
>>
>> "The switch off went to plan with no incidents reported from the very
>> few customers that were still connected to the old CDMA network,"
>> Telstra spokesman Peter Taylor said.
>>
>> "While the past few days have been very busy in our shops and dealers,
>> the vast majority of CDMA customers made the move to the Next G network
>> many months ago with the new network already boasting hundreds of
>> thousands more customers than CDMA ever did."
>>
>> A spokeswoman for the Consumers' Telecommunications Network said they
>> had not received any calls of complaint since the network's closure.
>>
>> "We haven't received any calls today," the spokeswoman said.
>
> Their phones don't work any more and there aren't any phone boxes left in
> rural areas, and nobody's called to complain? What a surprise!
>
>> She added that they had received a high number of calls leading up to
>> the original January 28 shutdown, but that this had reduced to a trickle
>> in the past two weeks.
>
> And the trickle stopped when their phones stopped working? How weird.
>
>> "I think most were suffering from consumer complaint fatigue, given the
>> resigned tone of those calls," the spokeswoman said.
>
> Tel$cum customer service fatigue, more likely. After you've spent half an
> hour trying to explain what you want to a stupid computer, and then
> listened to some crap music with advertising every few seconds for
> another half an hour, it does get a bit fatiguing.
>
>> "Most people were hoping against hope that it wouldn't close."
>>
>> Telstra Country Wide director Gary Goldsworthy said the telco was now
>> focused on the decommissioning of approximately 3,500 CDMA sites across
>> Australia and the removal of redundant equipment.
>>
>> "The CDMA network equipment is now up to a decade old and well past its
>> use by date," Mr Goldsworthy said.
>>
>> "Our technicians will therefore be removing old CDMA equipment and
>> anything of value will be reused, sold or recycled."
>>
>> CDMA customers are being reminded that have until the end of May if they
>> wish transfer their old mobile phone number to a Next G service.
>>
>> Telstra said it will continue to operate the 1800 888 888 support line
>> for any customers with any concerns with their new Next G handsets.
>
> Do they get many calls from people complaining that they can't call to
> complain cos their phone doesn't work and there's no phoneboxes?
>