Quoting a message by Sunny Leung:

 SL> [Thus spake Angus Tong unto Lewin Edwards:]

 LE> Austel has the power to peg Telstra's prices. Witness the fact that in
 LE> order to encourage competition, Telstra was forced to maintain price
 LE> levels above Optus's for some time (maybe even still).

 SL> The above is probably due to the fact that Telstra (being the dominant
 SL> carrier) must charge according to their basic carriage service tariffs
 SL> while Optus may charge below theirs.

I've sent netmail to individual participants, but for the record:

This and similar discussions are OFF-TOPIC in the Australian Modem
Conference.  It's nothing to do with MODEMS, which are the only valid topic
here.  Please take these discussions, or anything related to Telstra vs
Optus, pricings of ISPs, government policy, etc., to AUST_TELECOM or
similar, or to NETMAIL.

Thanks, Ian  (moderator)

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