On Jun 04 21:04 96, Angus Tong of 3:711/456 wrote:

AT> -=> 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 Internet
AT> Service Provider which they can charge much lower than your average ISP. 
AT> When
AT> the other ISP's can't compete with Telstra's prices they will close down in
AT> which Telstra will monopolise the Internet market and basically turn it 
AT> into a
AT> market economy and charge any price they want.

They've already planned, in print, to quadruple the average internet
connection's phone costs.   _Nice_ people.  (To wish off on your worst
enemies, that is.)

See the leaked planning document in EFA.  See the waffle denying that they
really meant it on the Telstra site.  See the subscribers all say
"Like HELL".
See Chuckie run.  Run Chuckie, run..

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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