>> Fuck those "poor bastards". If anything, they need to start paying the
>> true
>> cost of their services.
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> You're not a very nice person, are you?

Like it or lump it.

> If Telstra can make a regular annual profit that goes into billions, then
> it's safe to assume that everyone who has a service of any kind with
> Telstra is paying the "true cost" and then some.

You missed the point, whoosh-head.

Line rental for urban customers should be DROPPED, whilst line rental for
country bumpkins should be RAISED, to achieve the same revenue base.

Exactly what happened with $11.65 line rental and 25c local calls ten years
ago. Line rental went up, and calls went down. A local call is 22c now,
compared to 25c years ago.
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