The USG was John Howard's way of conning the electorate into allowing
him to privatise our telecommunications infrastructure. In that, it
worked. In maintaining equitable access to services, it failed.
Government is responsible for ensuring equity of access to services.
Government has shown conclusively that it can't enforce that obligation
if the private sector is involved. It's now time to take back our
infrastructure.
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... is it true that people who have telstra NGWL have signed away
their access to the USG???
...
yes it is
...
... It's what they told us at the time although we had no choice in
the matter. Its a long story but essentially the old copper line had
already been cut by telstra without our knowledge or consent....
...
I wonder, would giving us no choice have been a violation of the USG????
In criminal circles, there's a tradition of "making an offer that you
can't refuse". I guess Telstra is showing its true colours.
For those who may not know, NGWL is a cheap way of wirelessly providing
basic voice services. Telstra is increasingly allowing old
cable-in-the-ground land lines to degrade, then "offering" NGWL as a
substitute. If the people had the option of voting out of office those
responsible, then we'd be in a position to demand that copper be
replaced with fibre, instead of wireless.
--
David Boxall | Illegitimi non carborundum.
| (Don't let the bastards
http://david.boxall.id.au | grind you down.)
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