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

Yes, it will be tied in with their pay TV cabling and it starts in June.

 > 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.

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?

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


Catchya


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