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Matthew Geier <matthew@sleeper.apana.org.au>,
 > Telstra wouldnt wear that in NSW or Adelaide. Unless we were a
 > registered charity, which we are not, the APANA owned lines were
 > business.

<imb@asstdc.scgt.oz.au>,
 > In (face-to-face) conversation with the Hon. Michael Lee on
 > Friday, he indicated his understanding was that registered
 > charities were also to be subject to business rates as of the
 > same date.

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.

 > 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. :/

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Chris,,