Alan Poxington <wanker@iarseaustralia.com.au> wrote
> From
> http://www.independentweekly.com.au/...ne/809461.aspx
> Telstra Corporation Ltd says it is ready to build a national high-speed broadband service if it wins the Federal
> Government's tender for the proposed network.
It would be a fucking sight more surprising if Telstra said that it wasnt, fuckwit.
> The Federal Government has promised to provide up to $4.7 billion to help build the network, which analysts estimate
> could cost as much as $12 billion.
Must be one of those rocket scientist fuckwits.
> Telstra group managing director of public policy and communications Phil Burgess
Otherwise known as the hippo...
> told an SA Great business audience in Adelaide recently that Telstra was the best prepared telecommunications operator
> to build the network.
It would be a fucking sight more surprising if he said that Telstra wasnt, fuckwit.
> He said Telstra was well advanced with detailed plans to build a fibre network that connects 98 per cent of
> Australians to 12 megabits-a second broadband.
It would be a fucking sight more surprising if Telstra wasnt, fuckwit.
> Australian broadband now runs at 1.5 megabits a second.
Bare faced pig ignorant lie.
> Telstra's competitor in the tender is a consortium called Terria
> which is led by the Singapore Government-owned Optus.
Must be one of those rocket scientist fuckwits.
> The Federal Government recently extended the original bid deadline from June 25 by at least 12 weeks to give the
> bidders time to examine Telstra's existing infrastructure.
Must be one of those rocket scientist fuckwits.
> Dr Burgess
the hippo
> again hit out at the competition watchdog and its chairman Graeme Samuels,
Wota surprise...
> saying that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) policies failed to promote investment in the
> telecommunications industry.
Another bare faced lie.
> "I'm in Adelaide to help you understand what's at stake by the Federal Government not making a decision about getting
> decent broadband infrastructure installed in this country," Burgess told the
> SA Great crowd in the Minter Ellison boardroom overlooking the city.
Its you clowns that refused to build the NBN, fuckwit.
> Telstra has $5 billion lined up. They are training 4000 technicians to put in a glass fibre cable network with 90,000
> nodes - the size of two fridges
And half a hippo.
> - that will deliver the world's best broadband to 98 per cent of Australians.
Another bare faced lie. Nothing like FTTH, fuckwit.
> Just like Italy and Finland.
Pity about the places that have FTTH, liar.
> "It will be a bigger project than the Snowy
Bare faced lie.
> and it will take at least five years to put in - plus another three to make it all work and to clean up
Fark, wota packa wankers...
> - just like when you make a cake, you've got to do the dishes."
Wota fucking wanker...
> Burgess said the ACCC had failed to encourage investment and increase competition in the industry.
He lied.
> He said Samuels' concept of competition was for all parties to get together and come up with an arrangement that more
> or less suited everybody.
Bare faced lie. Any telco is welcome to go it alone if they want to, liar.
> "I hate this hippy thing of all getting together in the hot tub and smiling at each other and all working together
> with subsidised competition," Burgess said.
Then fuck off back where you came from.
> "Competition's not about that crap - it's about winning.
You're gunna lose, you watch.
> "The Howard Government offered a billion dollars to the Optus Elders
> crowd and they couldn't even come up with a plan after eight months.
Another bare faced lie.
> So they had to drop that." "In the old days - six months ago - we were still living in the cheap energy society.
Another bare faced lie.
> That's gone forever.
We'll see...
> "In business you can only increase profit by lifting revenue or cutting costs
Must be one of those rocket scientist stupid hippos.
> and broadband is a sure-fire way of cutting costs."
Bare faced lie. And anyone who wants it can have broadband right now, fuckwit.
> Burgess said business operators could use fast broadband to take their activities to the next level.
And they can do that right now, fuckwit.
> He said Australia was well ahead of the world in wireless broadband.
Bare faced lie.
> "But Australians don't celebrate businesses that are successful," Burgess said.
Bare faced lie.
> He explained
He lied, actually.
> that when Sol Trujillo took over managing Telstra three years ago the company was losing market share in most of its
> businesses,
Still is.
> profit was going down,
Still is.
> costs were going up
Still are.
> and the big bureaucracy was floundering.
Still is.
> With two of the five years left to play, the so-called "three amigos" have turned things around
Nope, just wanked themselves completely blind.
> and the government should be grateful as the recovery enabled it to sell down the rest of its Telstra stake
It would have been able to do that regardless, fuckwit.
And it hasnt sold all of its Telstra stake, liar.
> which put $15 billion in the kitty known as the Future Fund, to look after Canberra fat cats' super.
Like it or lump it, fuckwit.
> Without Sol and the amigos, Burgess reckons the figure would have been half that.
Then he's a pathological liar.
> "The government has called for a tender with a deadline that's just been extended yet again
Like it or lump it, fuckwit.
> and the Senate recently voted on another inquiry that will push a starting date out even further," Burgess said.
Like it or lump it, fuckwit.
> He said the Prime Minister had the opportunity to make a decision that would turn around the public perception that
> he's running a do-nothing government.
What a GREAT way to get the contract, fuckwit.
> "We got the money, we're paying for it
You clowns chose to do nothing of the sort, liar.
> but all we get is bleating about how much we're going to charge for it," Burgess said.
Like it or lump it, fuckwit.
> He outlines the story of Sydney's underground roads company that charged motorists an arm and a leg to use a tunnel so
> it was boycotted.
And thats precisely what will happen with the stupid NBN, fuckwit.
> Even after the government shut off 13 roads to make people use it, they still wouldn't.
And thats precisely what will happen with the stupid NBN, fuckwit.
> "If we charge too much, people won't use it. How simple is that?" Burgess said.
And thats precisely what will happen with the stupid NBN, fuckwit.
> "Then we'll have to put the price down. If they still don't use it we'll have to put the price down again."
And they still wont bother with it, fuckwit.
They mosty dont even bother with faster than 256K, fuckwit.
> "The government will still be able to control things through regulation."
And thats precisely what its doing that you keep howling about, fuckwit.