Hi Paul,
In a message to Ian Gardener you wrote:

 >> Just switch to Optus and protest to AUSTEL which governs Telstra.

 IG>> That will be extremely difficult since Telstra is the only
 IG>> carrier for local
 IG>> calls at this time.

 PE> In Sydney, you can go "1-456-02-xxxyyyy" to dial another Sydney
 PE> number. Ditto for Melbourne, with an 03 instead.  Nice secret, eh?  I 
 PE> started doing that about a week ago.  You may need to have already 
 PE> selected Optus as your carrier, I don't know.  BFN.  Paul.

If you really want to help out Optus, I wouldn't do this.  See, you get
billed from Optus $0.25 for the call, but it costs Optus about $2.00 in
Line Rental from Telstra :-( .  That is why Optus don't advertise the
ability to make Local Calls through Optus.

Make it so.

  Roger Yerramsetti.
  rogery{at}zip.com.au

  StarDate: 9512.30

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