I understand what’s in this for us, for Optus and Vodafone.
But what’s in this for Telstra? “Great job deploying all those towers in places where the other carriers don’t cover. Now give access to those towers to your competitors’ customers”
I mean, I want this - I’m on the Telstra network explicitly for the better coverage. If I could get that same coverage on any carrier, I would no longer feel the need to be on the Telstra network. But at the same time, the very fact that this change could lead to Telstra losing thousands of customers makes me understand why they’d fight this kicking and screaming for all they are worth.
Speaking as someone who used to work for telstra: fuckem.
That network and infrastructure was built by a company so far removed from the rentseeker that Telstra is now it may as well have been a completely different company. They have no more right than anyone else.
I understand what’s in this for us, for Optus and Vodafone.
But what’s in this for Telstra?
“Great job deploying all those towers in places where the other carriers don’t cover. Now give access to those towers to your competitors’ customers”
I mean, I want this - I’m on the Telstra network explicitly for the better coverage. If I could get that same coverage on any carrier, I would no longer feel the need to be on the Telstra network. But at the same time, the very fact that this change could lead to Telstra losing thousands of customers makes me understand why they’d fight this kicking and screaming for all they are worth.
Speaking as someone who used to work for telstra: fuckem.
That network and infrastructure was built by a company so far removed from the rentseeker that Telstra is now it may as well have been a completely different company. They have no more right than anyone else.
the government needs to buy telstra back, and kick out all the freeloader grifters, and share all the towers to everyone.