Ah, the nerve of the biggest monopoly in the country!
We received a brochure from Telstra today regarding their propaganda site www.nowwearetalking.com.au which is arguing for regulation to be removed so Telstra can provide proper Broadband for "Australian's".
And how does it propose that Telstra should be "unshackled"? By regulating the price of ULL so they can fuck off all the leaches stealing their cream in the capitals. What a load of old shit!
Don't you love it? It's called competition Telstra - you guys bought into this shit, now wear it. They use language like "our competitors like cherry picking" and "they make good profits from the city customers" and then argue this is reducing their ability to meet the obligations of the Universal Service Obligation.
They even have a whole section arguing that Telstra shareholders are subsiding 90% of the USO! Fuck you idiots - it was hardly a fucking secret when you took this on!
They also complain of having to "hand over" the ULL to their competitors. Look you idiots, the network is a national monopoly - if you don't like this responsibility, then sell the network back to the government and let them run it. You can stay in shitty services because that's about all your good for.
God they pricks have some gaul!!! Made worse by all these "notable Australian's" (all of whom have significant stakeholdings in Telstra) arguing the case for reduced regulation.
So, here's my spin on what will happen. If Howard is returned, the regulation will evaporate. We're already seeing an outright, government sanctioned attack on ISPs so stripping back the regs will be next. Once Telstra have anchored themselves and won back their monopoly, just watch how quickly they stick out their hands for regional/rural service provision. "Oh, it costs shareholders too much still" or "if you want national coverage, it should be paid for by the nation".
Oh, and I'm still waiting for Countrywide to be shutdown - my guess it will come once the regs are removed...
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