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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 03:02
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This was forwarded to me, so send it on 
Anyone contemplating using the Sensis directory service number, 1234,
DON'T!
Sensis, as you may or may not know, is a subsidiary of Telstra. The 1234
number is replacing the Telstra 12456 directory assistance number, but this
time with outrageous costs attached: 40c to call the number, then 4c A
SECOND! With this sort of pricing structure in place, it's no wonder so many
Australians hold Telstra in the same regard as the major banks.
By law, Telstra have to provide a FREE directory assistance number, because
they are still majority owned by the government. They choose however not to
pass this number on to the public. What's the number?
1223
Thumbs up to Telstra for finding a way to charge for a service that is
supposed to be provided for free.
Of course, feel free to forward this on.
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 03:12
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ive always used 1223  didnt know the others existed.
Then again, i hate telstra with a passion and never going back to them 
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 03:26
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I think it might be time to swap mobile service providers.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 05:08
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yeah they are cnuts thats for sure 
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Location:
NSW, East Coast
Registered:
July 2003
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 10:04
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Im sure Telstra had there bad days, the same as any other company, but do you know why Telstra charge more then everybody else.
Because they do all the line work, all the repairs,thats why, if some idiot digs a hole to big and fuks up telephone lines telstra fix it, not Optus, not vodafone, not AAPT, Telstra thats who.
Sure enough they have some silly policies and hidden fund sourcing that everybody may not know about, but so do other companies.
Ive had my rant
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 10:24
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I've worked for telstra wholesale, and I'll vouch for that. *ALL* line maintenance is telstra's responsibility - and the reason why telstra charges all other carriers extra to connect is becuase it actually custs telstra more to connect the line! (because, to ensure the line works as often as possible first time, telstra wholesale sends techs more often than retail)
and as for phones - most telstra employees are with AAPT ... what does that tell ya? 
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 10:54
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I'm sure I called 1234 from a payphone a few weeks ago, (it was some number there on the booth listed as directory assistance), for when I needed to know the number to call the RACQ. After the call, it spat all my money back out. Didn't cost me anything.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 11:19
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FKN16V,ur are sort of right mate,but no matter who you are with OPTUS,PRIMUS etc you pay line rental($30-$60 per line),this line rental all goes to Telstra! Alot of telco companies have set up their own infrastructure cutting out Telstra all together,such as Macqurie Corporate,primus etc and have still been able to cut their line rental by halve,so if a new company that hasnt yet reeped the rewards of its own infrastructure can price their line rental at half of Telstra's its a pretty safe bet bigT is covering costs,not to mention alot of the so called other telco companies are actually just carriers of the same telstra product bought in bulk at a certain rate and then discounted to their customers..so to say telstra isnt always making money or deserves to charge what it does and has in the past is fukked...in the next 20-30 years there will not be much of telstra left as by then most of the big wigs would have laid enough cable  to cut them out of the mix altogether.Telstra know this and that is why they are clutching at the few strings they have like home messagebank 101 and callback services..Aight
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 11:48
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got newsd for ya buddy
over 90% of macquarie corporate's lines go through telstra wholesale
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Thu, 02 December 2004 12:21
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no shite  they were the first to exploit the system,but if you know ya shit after the big court case after taxing a certain gov account they went ahead and started to lay cable.
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: scam telstra....
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Fri, 03 December 2004 07:37
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I layed a big cable this morning
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Location:
sydney
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Fri, 03 December 2004 07:46
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those bastards
ripping everyone off
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Location:
Liverpool, Sydney
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Fri, 03 December 2004 09:13
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Telstra are easy to rip off...
There was a 'scam' running a while back, that lasted for about a year before they caught on and turned divert off... people would have gotten thousands of dollars worth of free calls... that was one reason why i chose telstra prepaid, then when they switched divert off i jumped back to vodaphone...
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Location:
Coffs Harbour, NSW
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Fri, 03 December 2004 09:55
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| old_mr2 wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 18:37 |
I layed a big cable this morning
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: scam telstra....
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Fri, 03 December 2004 10:16
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| MR 1GGTE wrote on Thu, 02 December 2004 11:02 |
They choose however not to
pass this number on to the public. What's the number?
1223
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I work for Telstra Directory Assistance. This line is a load of shit. People who don't know about this number need there f'ing eyes checked. The 1223 service is the same as 013 was before, they just changed the number to bring it into line with their other ones.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Fri, 03 December 2004 16:03
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| MFX_Neko_86 wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 20:13 |
Telstra are easy to rip off...
There was a 'scam' running a while back, that lasted for about a year before they caught on and turned divert off... people would have gotten thousands of dollars worth of free calls... that was one reason why i chose telstra prepaid, then when they switched divert off i jumped back to vodaphone...
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Optus all the way! Optus prepaid to Optus prepaid is FREE 24/7.
Each time you recharge you get the amount of money you paid x 10 in free chat time minutes. So recharge $30 and you get 300 minutes to use whenever you like and however you like. It's calculated per-second as well.
Telstra are so dodgy. They are meant to provide a list to other companies that lets them know which areas have the infastructure for cable/broadband.
In PC User I read that this guy called up a smaller company and was told broadband was not yet available in his area. He'd been calling companies for around 2 months. He then decided to try Telstra. Guess what? Telstra tell him he CAN get broadband access in his area. "Great!" he thinks. He calls the company with the better deal but oh no, what's this? The company tells him broadband isn't in his area yet.
Turns out that Telstra purposely didn't provide these companies with the phone numbers of homes that could get broadband access. They wait until they have a majority of customers and THEN release the list. By that time however, there are few customers left.
The guy rang up Telstra and they offered to give him free cable for 18 months and increase his download limit to way higher than what ordinary people pay if he agreed not to tell anyone. He obviously didn't agree and Telstra refused to give him service.
I doubt many people would have refused the deal. It's just too good. This is the real world and it would've saved someone so much money. This is why it's so hard to fight the big boys.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
fairfield NSW
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: scam telstra....
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Sat, 04 December 2004 01:25
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| skellator wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 20:55 |
| old_mr2 wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 18:37 |
I layed a big cable this morning
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am i thinking what you're thinking?
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Location:
Coffs Harbour, NSW
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Sat, 04 December 2004 11:04
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| joyride wrote on Sat, 04 December 2004 12:25 |
| skellator wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 20:55 |
| old_mr2 wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 18:37 |
I layed a big cable this morning
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am i thinking what you're thinking?
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well if ur thinking what im thinking and im thinking what ur thinking, which is thinking what im thinking, then i think ull think that many other ppl are thinking what were thinking
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Location:
Liverpool, Sydney
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: scam telstra....
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Sat, 04 December 2004 13:06
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huh?
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
August 2004
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I supported Toymods
Location:
fairfield NSW
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: scam telstra....
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Sat, 04 December 2004 21:34
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| skellator wrote on Sat, 04 December 2004 22:04 |
| joyride wrote on Sat, 04 December 2004 12:25 |
| skellator wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 20:55 |
| old_mr2 wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 18:37 |
I layed a big cable this morning
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am i thinking what you're thinking?
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well if ur thinking what im thinking and im thinking what ur thinking, which is thinking what im thinking, then i think ull think that many other ppl are thinking what were thinking
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HAHAHA
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