Telstra vs Oxygen 8 – a PR exercise?
Telstra is obviously continuing to attempt to polish their public image and make a PR victory out of their own failures.
As you know, we’re more than happy to out dodgy premium sms scams, but one thing we can’t agree with (particularly in today’s harsh economic climate) is the ruination of a company for purely political [...]
Problems with ’stop’ requests?
As you know, we get a lot of people contacting us regarding the various SMS services out there. Some are legit, many are out-and-out scams. One of the most common complaints regarding these services is that they don’t action ’stop’ requests, so you keep getting sent messages and charged even after you SMS in ’stop’.
In [...]
How Telstra makes us look like idiots on the world stage
Here’s a great article in The Age from last year showing a different perspective. In many Western countries, broadband is fast, cheap and unmetered. That means that there’s no shaping once you’ve hit your quota, or in Telstra’s case, ridiculously excessive overuse fees.
Telstra has held back this country’s communications infrastructure for years.
This article explains how.
