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Originally Posted by gary
Hi Chris,
Long gone are the days where you leased the handset from Telstra and they would come and replace it.
These days, the equipment belonging to the customer is the norm.
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Geez Gary, your local Telstra doesn't look after you folk.
Almost everyone around here still has a Telstra rented phone. We had ours replaced only about 3 months ago with a new one.
I don't even know of anyone
without a Telstra rented phone.
Quote:
Originally Posted by gary
If you still have one of the original style handsets that did not require external power, but simply
derived its power from the phone line (getting very rare these days) and it is in working order,
keep it convenient in the cupboard. Then if there is a power outage, you can swap the phone
over and make a call.
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"Getting very rare" ?????
A home phone that needs electricity to function!! I've never seen one. What dip-stick invented that stupid idea???
How do you call for emergency if the power is out? Very dumb idea!
If the rest of Oz has these 'powered' phones, then I'm glad to be 'in the country and technologically left behind'.
We have these phones:
http://www.itsupply.com.au/images/te...CRD1012%29.jpg