Looks like Telecom and Telstra are trying to put on a squeeze in order to make a couple more thousand per month.
I'm a little surprised at the timing, Telecom has a bit of an advantage right now since it's got a monopoly on ADSL bandwidth but bitstream is only a few months away (allegedly) so it's going to be a lot easier for ADSL customers to switch pretty soon.
Telstra doesn't even have that sort of leverage.
If TelstraClear put a bit of time and effort into selling their services and retaining existing customers than putting all their fight into peering and local loop unbundling they would be a lot better off than they are now I'm sure. I have heard from several people who have had trouble buying products from them - both voice and data (business) - and have had endless troubles finding someone to return their calls. The unlucky ones to have actually bought their products from TelstraClear then have trouble getting service out of the Account Reps which seem to turnover several times a year... Clear was a great company but unfortunately they have been ruined. -- Regan
Unfortunatly.. I have to agree with this statement.. -----Original Message----- From: Regan Murphy [mailto:regan.murphy(a)oasystems.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 25 May 2004 1:57 p.m. To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: RE: [nznog] Peering.
Looks like Telecom and Telstra are trying to put on a squeeze in order to make a couple more thousand per month.
I'm a little surprised at the timing, Telecom has a bit of an advantage right now since it's got a monopoly on ADSL bandwidth but bitstream is only a few months away (allegedly) so it's going to be a lot easier for ADSL customers to switch pretty soon.
Telstra doesn't even have that sort of leverage.
If TelstraClear put a bit of time and effort into selling their services and retaining existing customers than putting all their fight into peering and local loop unbundling they would be a lot better off than they are now I'm sure. I have heard from several people who have had trouble buying products from them - both voice and data (business) - and have had endless troubles finding someone to return their calls. The unlucky ones to have actually bought their products from TelstraClear then have trouble getting service out of the Account Reps which seem to turnover several times a year... Clear was a great company but unfortunately they have been ruined. -- Regan _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog
On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 13:56, Regan Murphy wrote:
Clear was a great company but unfortunately they have been ruined.
Saturn was a great company, too. Big telco arrogance is a terrible thing....in NZ or anywhere. Telstra "tax" the Australian Internet with a per MB charge via their strangle-hold on peering over there....and I suppose they want to be able to do the same here if they can. Steve
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