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is it me or is Telstra a bag of brown stuff??

Old Apr 21st 2009, 9:10 am
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anyone else feel the same??:curse:

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Old Apr 21st 2009, 9:13 am
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yes they are pants and expensive, we ditched them as soon as we realised what a rip off they are!! been with westnet for phone and internet ever since
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does the pope shit in the woods?
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Default Re: is it me or is Telstra a bag of brown stuff??

Originally Posted by simon2cairns
anyone else feel the same??:curse:
I think they are alright! Controversial obviously, but we had to go with them when we moved here as every other provider told us we weren't in a broadband area, including Optus. Yet we had Cable TV to the house. But still Optus said no, they didn't do cable to our area.

Now we have a rather nice package with Telstra, 25Gig a month cable broadband extreme (17 Mbps), Foxtel, and home phone all with Telstra.

It comes in at about $200 a month, so probably not the cheapest, but we get all free local calls, and $10 of here and a $10 off there for having all with the one provider. Mostly the cost is $90 for the broadband, $80 for Foxtel, and $30 for phone line

As I said at the start, show me any other provider who can offer fast cable broadband, foxtel and home phone in this area for less, and I'd go with them. But, they don't exist, and the service we've had from Telstra has been good, so no, I know its fashionable to have a dig at them, but really, they're ok, but a tad expensive.

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Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
does the pope shit in the woods?
One would hope not!


We are with AAPT & not sure that they are too great either
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Usually we would agree that Telstra are pants but they surprised us at the weekend!!

Lost our phone line and internet connection Saturday arvo they came out Sunday morning and repaired it!!!

So they are in the good books........for now anyway!!! X
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Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
does the pope shit in the woods?


I think you mean: "do bears shit in forests?"
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Default Re: is it me or is Telstra a bag of brown stuff??

From my experience, Telstra are expensive, but the service tends to be good.

For instance, I use Telstra for my mobile on their next G network which has excellent coverage and is reliable. It's more money than the other networks, but you get better coverage which is important if your out and about.
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Default Re: is it me or is Telstra a bag of brown stuff??

Originally Posted by paulry


I think you mean: "do bears shit in forests?"
Or maybe he was mixing metaphors* for a giggle



* Does the pope wear a silly hat?
* Do bears shit in the woods?
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Originally Posted by MartinLuther
Or maybe he was mixing metaphors* for a giggle



* Does the pope wear a silly hat?
* Do bears shit in the woods?
good to see someone got it.

The two I was actually mixing up were:

Is the Pope Catholic?
Do Bears shit in the woods

never heard "Does the pope wear a silly hat?" before
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Default Re: is it me or is Telstra a bag of brown stuff??

Telstra are a bunch of amateurs. We've had nothing but problems with them...connecting us,disconnecting us by mistake, giving us a wrong number, etc etc etc. Too boring (and stressful) to go through it all again but I would certainly never use them again.

We ended up going with someone else for our broadband as Telstra couldn't get that organised either.

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Default Re: is it me or is Telstra a bag of brown stuff??

Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
good to see someone got it.

The two I was actually mixing up were:

Is the Pope Catholic?
Do Bears shit in the woods

never heard "Does the pope wear a silly hat?" before
Jeez. And I thought sallyclaire and paulry were being pedantic

I think it might be the proddy version

But a variant can be found in "Is Wrestling Fixed?" by Carter USM (1992 Love Album).

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Originally Posted by MartinLuther
Jeez. And I though sallyclaire and paulry were being pedantic

I think it might be the proddy version

But a variant can be found in "Is Wrestling Fixed?" by Carter USM (1992 Love Album).
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Originally Posted by paulry
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Originally Posted by MartinLuther
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