Telstra has virtually conceded that its network is not future-proof in its submission to the Senate Inquiry into Australian telecommunications, admitting that its pair-gain technology robs users of access to its heavily promoted “ADSL” service, the Shadow Minister for Information Technology, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. After spending months insisting that its use of pair-gain [...]
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Telstra exploits captive market
The official announcement of Telstra’s phone rental hike has confirmed that as far as fee-charging is concerned, the giant telco has taken its lead from the banks, the acting Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. “Telstra has slapped a two dollar per month price hike onto the cost of line rentals. Australians [...]
Telstra Sale: the Coalition will push ahead regardless
The Prime Minister remains determined to sell Telstra, regardless of the standard of services it would provide to the bush, the Acting Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Kate Lundy said today. “Mr Howard says that the sale can go ahead once he is ‘reasonably satisfied that services are up to scratch in the bush’, but [...]
Telstra finally ‘fesses up – over 1 million Telstra customers affected by pair gain
Under pressure from Senator Kate Lundy’s ‘Pair Gain Victims’ campaign, Telstra has finally revealed the full impact of its use of pair gains, telling a Senate Estimates committee that one million customers are affected by the technology. Previously, Telstra had stated that nine percent of its connections used a pair gain, but in Senate Estimates [...]
7.30 Report makes more Australians aware of Telstra Pair Gains
The 7.30 Report’s expose of Telstra’s use of pair gain technology last night has made more Australians aware that they are being short changed by the giant telco, the Shadow Minister for Information Technology, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. “Within a couple of hours of last night’s 7.30 Report, I received dozens of responses to [...]
Pair Gain Speech to the Senate
20 March 2002 SENATE ADJOURNMENT: Telstra Services Senator LUNDY (Australian Capital Territory) (11.28 p.m.) Mr Acting Deputy President Lightfoot, have you ever wondered why your Internet connection is so slow? If so, you are not the only one, because thousands of Australians share the same frustration. More often than not, the blame for slow Internet [...]
Telstra implicated in Group 5’s outsourcing failings
The Australian National Audit Office Report which highlighted the multiple failings of the Coalition’s IT Outsourcing program, exposes Telstra’s role in the Group 5 contract won by Advantra, Shadow Minister assisting on Information Technology, Senator Kate Lundy said today. The Auditor General revealed that: “In December 1998, OASITO advised the Group 5 Steering Committee that [...]
140,000 rural Telstra customers miss out on service upgrade
Telstra have admitted that 140,000 rural and regional customers will be left with a lower level of service than their neighbours, the Shadow Minister Assisting on Information Technology, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. During Senate Estimates hearings on May 24, Senator Lundy was told that Telstra customers in rural Victoria using the Llanelly-Newbridge exchange would [...]
Wake up Telstra, BHP’s on-line
BHP is to be congratulated for grasping the significance of recent initiatives by US companies that are paying to connect all their employees to the Internet. But how embarrassing for Telstra. Telstra, whose ambitions to dominate the Internet in Australia know no bounds, is so busy complaining that it can’t be a serious player online [...]
