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  From: Jeremy Ervine <omegasys@adam.com.au>
  To  : Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
        Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 01:22:36 +1030

RE: ADSL Enabled Exchange Areas: Updated 20/11/2000

> > > Yup - You just need to fool Telstra into thinking you're making voice
> > > calls so they won't extort $1/hour out of you.
> >
> > Rather ironic, as they're both 64K point to point connections (plus,
> > with a data call, you're not using codecs at the far end to attach
> > to the PSTN network - you'd think it'd be cheaper. :-).

>Exactly what I've been saying for years.


I was talking to a Telstra employee the other day, and he was telling me
that in Europe, ISDN has become standard and PSTN and they have phased out
PSTN to such an extent that PSTN is more expensive than ISDN is from Telstra
!

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