On Wed 04 Nov at 21:08 John Tserkezis (3:712/610) wrote to Arthur Marsh:

 AM> The TIO, Consumers' Telecommunications Network and Alan 
 AM> Horsely of ATUG are being kept informed... 

 JT>  Will prove interesting to see what they do other than just listen.

CTN are contacting the Department of Communications and the Arts about an
apparent decline in the "standard telephone service". Telstra's
testing staff no longer work around the clock, so that although there is
"24 hour fault reporting" as required in the standard telephone
service definition there is not 24 hour fault diagnosis. Too bad if your
line was incorrectly disconnected out of hours. 

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