Angus Tong wrote in a message to Danny Keogh:

-=> Quoting Danny Keogh to Kris Roebuck <=-

 DK> I would like to see telstra buy out the universities.  Maybe
 DK> they'd be run a bit better.

 AT> According to an editor from SMH, Telstra are planning to setup an
 AT> Internet Service Provider which they can charge much lower than
 AT> your average ISP. When the other ISP's can't compete with Telstra's
 AT> prices they will close down in which Telstra will monopolise the
 AT> Internet market and basically turn it into a market economy and
 AT> charge any price they want.

Tel$tra already owns On Australia (aka the MSN), so I seriously doubt they
will be starting anything else. I can also say that On Australia is
rediculously over-priced, and unless they quarter their charges, other ISPs
won't have a worry in the world!

Cheers,
Roger 
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