TAG | Telstra challenges “ludicrous” Optus to get “independent audit” |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Thursday, 28 August 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 Telstra’s Geoff Booth wasn’t finished bashing Optus just yet, however, re-iterating that Optus’ “head to head” claim was something that Optus wasn’t close to achieving “and in all likelihood never would be.”“And it’s ludicrous to suggest we don't monitor demand and population changes and make adjustments to our network to account for it – it's part and parcel of running a world class network. “We suggest Optus considers putting their hand up for a thorough, independent audit of their coverage and their coverage maps, much like the one our Next G network underwent ahead of the closure of the CDMA network, to see how their claims stack up against reality,” Booth toothily and testily concluded. Despite all of this, Optus’ 96% coverage claim is supposed to come true within 4 months time, and an additional 2% by the end of 2009. While Telstra is certainly correct in saying that competitors coverage will still be only half that of its 99% coverage, the more competition across Australia the better, for it forces Telstra to likewise compete. After all, if there weren’t 7GB plans for $49 or 6GB for $39, I don’t think Telstra would have released its 10GB plan just yet. Still, it is a tremendous shame that Optus and Vodafone aren’t also aiming for more than 1 million square kilometres of coverage, for it will give Telstra an ongoing reason to always have higher prices, but as always, you get what you pay for: speed and coverage the competition can’t claim.
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