On Wed, 07 May 2008 09:24:54 +0000, Michael wrote:

> Kemp, youre a fuckwit.
>
> End of story

Thank you. If *you* think i'm a fuckwit, then i must be on the right
track!

> "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?
>>