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Telstra will shed 1,400 or more jobs to make up for revenue gaps looming as the National Broadband Network rollout continues. While the carrier will be paid AU$11 billion by network-builder nbn™, it will inevitably lose wholesale income from network migration to the government network. The NBN's effect on Telstra's retail …

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  1. Big-nosed Pengie
    FAIL

    Here's an idea! How about we nationalise Telstra?

    Oh...wait...

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  2. Pompous Git Silver badge

    "Under the former fibre-only build, the copper was to be retired completely."
    Except it wasn't "fibre-only", we have FW and Satellite for our nearby neighbours less than a kilometre from the fibre backbone running from Franklin to Geeveston. The copper remains intact for the POTS.

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    1. Griffo
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      Under the original plan the copper would have been decommissioned after an area was declared ready for service. Not more POTS.

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