Not only is Telstra a monopoloy, but the copper wire infrastructure laid down, does not support DSL connections to all households. Many newer housing estates and some older ones, have equipment called a RIM (some sort of multiplexor) which allows telstra to dish out more household phone lines without laying down more copper wire. I am one of those poor unfortunate souls behind a RIM, who would dearly like ADSL, but cannot get it. My physical location is less then 2000m from an exchange which is ADSL capable. I still get charged the same line rental as somebody who isn't behind a RIM.
This reminds me of a poster at a very large UK organisation i used to be seconded to, who were in the business of very large software proeject development and implementation; on time first time every time *next* time
Why not use one of the concepts of the Peter Principle to your advantage. The concept I am talking about is called something like "creative incompetence". You pick something which is not the primary focus of your job, such as filling in your timesheet, grooming, or punctality (esp. to meetings) and do it deliberately incompetently. Something which you can't get fired for, but means that they will be unwilling to promote you any further.
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/PETERPR.html
Uy understanding is that; Snail mail from the United(?) Kingdom bears postage stamps that do not indicate the country of origin. Why? Because when the english started their postage system, there was no need to state which country had collected the fee for delivering the mail. As other countries "joined in" and the postal system became international, other countries had to label their stamps with the country of origin (for whatever reason).
I consider that fact that United States internet domains do not have to tack '.us' as a privilege they earn't for getting the whole ball rolling in the first place. By the way, I am Australian, not American.
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Not only is Telstra a monopoloy, but the copper wire infrastructure laid down, does not support DSL connections to all households. Many newer housing estates and some older ones, have equipment called a RIM (some sort of multiplexor) which allows telstra to dish out more household phone lines without laying down more copper wire. I am one of those poor unfortunate souls behind a RIM, who would dearly like ADSL, but cannot get it. My physical location is less then 2000m from an exchange which is ADSL capable. I still get charged the same line rental as somebody who isn't behind a RIM.
This reminds me of a poster at a very large UK organisation i used to be seconded to, who were in the business of very large software proeject development and implementation;
on time
first time
every time
*next* time
Why not use one of the concepts of the Peter Principle to your advantage. The concept I am talking about is called something like "creative incompetence". You pick something which is not the primary focus of your job, such as filling in your timesheet, grooming, or punctality (esp. to meetings) and do it deliberately incompetently. Something which you can't get fired for, but means that they will be unwilling to promote you any further. http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/PETERPR.html
Uy understanding is that; Snail mail from the United(?) Kingdom bears postage stamps that do not indicate the country of origin. Why? Because when the english started their postage system, there was no need to state which country had collected the fee for delivering the mail. As other countries "joined in" and the postal system became international, other countries had to label their stamps with the country of origin (for whatever reason).
I consider that fact that United States internet domains do not have to tack '.us' as a privilege they earn't for getting the whole ball rolling in the first place. By the way, I am Australian, not American.