>> Are you arguing with facts from the Daily Telegraph?
>> Do you think they made these figures up?
> No i'm sure they didn't, but they did twist the
> story significantly in telstra's favour. (see below)
> $10 says the article author either has telstra
> shares himself, or his close relatives do.
More likely just the usual journo stupidity so typical of the Terror.
>> The genii at the ASX know a good deal when they
>> see one, that's why the shares are at a record high.
> The "record high" is clearly stated as being within the last year.
> Not the record high since the T2 sell off at (what was it now?)
> $7.50/share? At $4.11 you've still lost money.
> Granted anyone who bought T3 shares is
> laughing all the way to the bank right now.
> Their improved standing amongst investors of late is really only because
> they have a few anti-competitive networks (NextG springs to mind)
Nope, because of the very decent returns on the installment receipts.
> that big business will love the convienience of
Bet they'll ignore it completely.
> but consumers will never use to it's full potential (due to the extortionate
> data pricing). Great for business - more bandwidth/capacity for them.
Bet they'll ignore it completely except in a very few specialised applications.
> I think a few are starting to realise that the rediculous cost of
> backhaul to tasmania & NT in particular will never change anytime
> soon either, yet the data volumes will still be there hence > profit!
That aint what the share price is about.
> It's more expensive (for your ISP/Carrier) to send a packet of
> data from Sydney to Hobart than it is for them to send it from
> Sydney to Tokyo. Telstra anti-competiive behaviour at it's worst!
And neither is that.
> It's more expensive (for your ISP/Carrier) to send a packet of data
> from Sydney to Hobart than it is for them to send it from Sydney to
> Tokyo. Telstra anti-competiive behaviour at it's worst!
I'm getting really sick of this uninformed trash. Good or Wikipedia for
"Economies of scale".
Nick Adams - 20 Dec 2006 02:49 GMT
> I'm getting really sick of this uninformed trash. Good or Wikipedia for
> "Economies of scale".
Damn you spell check. Good = Google.
>> Are you arguing with facts from the Daily Telegraph?
>>
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> the record high since the T2 sell off at (what was it now?)
> $7.50/share? At $4.11 you've still lost money.
Over $9, chump