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Comment on 7 years old by MellyMel

MellyMel — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:25:07 +0000

No it’s not trash, it’s just where you were at during that time and is always, as you’ve obviously seen already, a great indicator of your growth in many areas of ur life. :)) But yes, with Telstra developing an online behaviour policy I can see why you’d block it LOL

Comment on Road trip to Orange by MellyMel

MellyMel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:18:41 +0000

You would love it up here then, so many little wineries like that along with all the big ones, should come do a wine tour with me one day! We would definately have to stop at the chocolate and cheese shops on the tour tho hehehehe! :)

Comment on Bathurst by MellyMel

MellyMel — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:10:16 +0000

Yeah 22 hours of TV all up from Friday to Sunday! :) Was great!

Comment on best birthday weekend ever by MellyMel

MellyMel — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:47:46 +0000

Hahahaha totally! But I’d put a flanno on if I had to so I could go! :)

Comment on Telstra is being successful… quick, let’s put a stop to it! by Rob

Rob — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:43:49 +0000

Most of the countries in the Caribbean have govnm. owned networks and the service is really really bad. Here in Trinidad it’s taken me 3 weeks just to get all 5 lines working, and the DSL is forever dropping out…. TSTT (Trinidad telecommunications) used to be owned by the government but is now privatized in an attempt to bring in competition and get them to raise their service levels.

I just hope that in whatever happens here, we don’t go backwards with service due to lack of competition. Telstra has come a long way since they have had competition and I would hate for that edge to be lost.

My only other comment is to ask why we arn’t using the existing cable networks and just bumping them up to DOCSIS 2.0 or higher which will give almost the same speeds as this new fiber network. That’s what the USA is doing. I don’t understand how anyone can propose that fiber to the home is cost effective at those speeds.

Then there is the question of the backbone from Australia to the rest of the world. It’s already seriously under spec’d and if we all get faster broadband it’s only going to be slower again.

Comment on Kookaburra by The Dragon

The Dragon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:49:50 +0000

welcome to the local area – I love having the kookas around & rosellas, galahs, and even the possums if it isn’t on the roof in the middle of the night

Comment on hazard reducing by The Dragon

The Dragon — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:59:22 +0000

I thought you might have had your hair cut by Debbie today, in the Jen-style! (the smoke was think over Homebush tonight too, more than here!)

Comment on Telstra is being successful… quick, let’s put a stop to it! by MellyMel

MellyMel — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:16:24 +0000

This was a really interesting conversation Jam-ez, thanks for starting it! :)

Comment on Telstra is being successful… quick, let’s put a stop to it! by James

James — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:50:32 +0000

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

Over the last few days, I guess I’ve calmed down a bit. I can see the logic in having the govt own the copper network given the amount of competition in today’s telecommunication market.

However, I think it’s wrong that Telstra wouldn’t be compensated for losing one of its assets. Especially considering the govt made a tidy few billion dollars from when it sold its ownership in Telstra.

Thanks b too for your indepth comment about the whole explanatory “note” and how it all slotted into place. Interestingly, I don’t disagree with anything you said. I guess I’m still learning and understanding it all.

I’m looking forward to hearing more about it all as it progresses through parliament, and I’m also thankful that our internal comms team are doing a good job of explaining it to us as employees and how that affects our day-to-day job (which is nil at the moment).

Comment on Telstra is being successful… quick, let’s put a stop to it! by Rollo

Rollo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:23 +0000

MellyMel Said: “I question however the government’s ability to manage it if they do get to their targeted monopoly”

I do not.

In theory the only reason Telstra got to be where it was in the first place is precisely because they were a government organisation; not bounded by the profit motive. It was managed perfectly well by the Federal Government for 96 years before it was privatised.

The difference between it then and now is that used to be accountable to we the people as voters; as a private organisation it is accountable to no-one including it’s shareholders.