RH> This company offers a 5% discount on all calls to all locations
RH> at all times. It will be offering discounts on electricity

PF> Is this so or, in other words, how do they
PF> work out how to give a 5 discount on all calls?

TS> Just a couple of other questions Rod...

TS> It was reported today that Telstra is in breach of its duty (and the
TS> law) by providing discriminatory discounts to some businesses but not
TS> others (this conflicts with its common carrier status). Is this likely
TS> to mean that "your" company will see its access to discounts dry up?

Telstra themselves are constrained by the law from doing that,
because they are completely dominant. That doesnt apply to others.
In this situation resellers of Telstra services dont count.

TS> If your "subscribers" are expected to pay "your
company" the amount
TS> shown on their Telstra bills (less discount), what security is offered
TS> to them that "your company" won't dispose of all the funds leaving
TS> your "subscribers" with uncleared debt towards Teslstra? I know that
TS> the company is supposed to be registered, but as the minimum capital
TS> required to set up a company is less that $20, this offers no security.
TS> Are you prepared to offer your personal guarantee in writing (supported
TS> by your personal statement of assets & liabilities) that the company
TS> will not abscond with the money of its "subscribers"?

That wont help you much if he himself absconds with the money.

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