Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
Is there a way of getting ADSL at home without paying for a landline? I
use my mobile for everything, and don't use the landline but am paying
for it to run ADSL on.
Nope. Welcome to Australia, where we subsidize privately owned
corporations whether we like it or not. Think yourself lucky you can at
least get decent ADSL. My line is connected via a RIM (little mini
exchange in the street) so I can't get ADSL2+ connected and instead have
to connect via a Telstra port, so I'm once again subsidizing Telstra.
My line rental is the same, despite getting a diminished service.
My only recourse is to keep getting paper bills and to pay by credit
card. This at least costs the bastards money.
And the end user too, more and more these days. There are at least a
couple of bills each month I have to pay where it costs me extra if I
want a paper bill, or if I don't set up automatic debit for payment.
Oliver
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