----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Gould - BVC" <dig@bvc.com.au>
To: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:15 PM
Subject: RE: Telstra ADSL

> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:55:11 +1300, Craig Spiers wrote
> > What do you want a domestic only data service for anyway?
> >
> Errr you misunderstood what I meant by domestic....
>
> I was talking home use rather than business.
>
> > You need to purchase international data as well, for it to be
> > worthwhile for them.. Otherwise effectively your just taking up
> > another port.. :)
>
> Are you kidding? The price they charge for ports on their cable network how
> can that not be good value for them if all I used it for is a bit of national
> traffic? Let's remember that cable is a shared resource and as it's running
> 10 meters from my front door I can't see what the issue is...
>
> As for ADSL... ports now cost $65USD each in low volume (ie 24 ports). Sure
> you still have to put an IP or ATM feed into that but with the 1/300 user
> ratio that Telstra run I can't see that costing to much.
>
> As for 'just taking up another port'... I would have thought they'd be
> pleased as... stops me from taking up another Telecom New Zealand port and
> give them a chance to up sell me to other services later. Right now I'm
> guessing that I'm going to be ordering a second ADSL service from Telecom
> next week.

Apart from all the good (and obvious) reasons you give, I would have thought
that getting you away from Telecom and to them as a customer was important
and worth not making much money from you.

When I phoned Telecom recently and the 123 operator noticed that I had switched
to a tolls provider she offered me VERY cheap tolls for six months if I switched
back. I forget the details of the deal but it was a hell of a lot lower than any of
their deals they offer to their "loyal" customers.

Chrissy.
Please do not CC list postings to me or e-mail me privately.

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