"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
>> Polly the Parrot <flatulantdingo@deadspam.com> wrote
>>> Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
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>>>> 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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>>> Competition wouldn't have been the cause by any chance?
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>> Competition changed line rental for $11.65 to $30 in about 7-10 years????
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> Nope, the lack of competition is what did that.

We've had heaps of competition in line rental over the years.

Cost rebalancing (approved by the ACCC) is what cuased line rental to go
from 11.65 to 30, with calls dropping from 25 to 22c, over 7-10 years

In the last 2 years or so, line rental hasnt moved

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