Hi Derek!

In Derek Woodlands's message to George Schikowski on ,
Derek Woodlands said:

Thanks for Your reply.

 >> Are Optus going to put lines into buildings?  I had enquired by
 >> Telstra about

 DW> Yes, it will be tied in with their pay TV cabling and it starts in
 DW> June.
Oh good, then I will give Optus a call to find out details

 >> another line and they told me yesterday that for my building there
 >> is no line vacant and that they would have to come over and put in
 >> physically another cable.  Therefore they could not tell me over
 >> the phone how much this would cost and they would give me a quote
 >> before they start work. I would have to pay $173 plus for the work
 >> to install a new cable at $15 per 15 minutes time increments plus
 >> materials.

 DW> Yep, that's about the going rate.

 >> They will give me the qoute for the total costs involved in two
 >> weeks. If Optus would start putting lines into buildings, they
 >> might be more economical?

 DW> Yes, I'm sure they will be price cutting to try and get business away
 DW> from Telstra.  In fact, it would probably be cheaper if you had pay TV
 DW> installed because the Optus phine lines will, I'd imagine, use the
 DW> same cable.
I definitely give Optus a ring to find out.  Thanks Derek.

 DW> Catchya

Cheers,

George

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