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Chris Baird (cjb@brushtail.hna.com.au) wrote:

: High Schools have received the same notice from Telstra too.
: (It is rather sick to classify them as "Information Service
: Providers"..) Methinks Telstra need a reality check.

From what I recall of the relevant chunk of the BCS, schools and
charaties aren't being classed as "Information Providers".  I
haven't seen the pre-change BCS, but charities and government
organisations (specifically including schools) are part of the
new classification of a business customer.

:  > He also stated categorically that bulletin boards were not the
:  > specific target of the revised charges and that it was more a
:  > "tariff correction" applied to all lines which impose a more
:  > significant load than average on the PSTN.

: That would be a case if we were still using the old technology
: telephone exchange. :/

To me, it's a pretty clear sign that, despite their denials, the
Government is planning to privatise Telstra at the first
opportunity - there'd be no need for this stuff if they were
planning to retain it as a government-owned organisation.

Matt