Soul has ADSL2+ in the Maitland exchange.
How do you know that. I assume your a Telstra tech or Downer. I know about the Soul equipment. I did 30 Soul cut overs last week on the Monday, 5 hours at Maitland Exchange. That place is really depressing.
Morisset exchange
adsl 512
no plans for adsl2 in my area
One of my work mates covers that area, if I hear anything through I will let you know.
The biggest with Telstra is the getting rid of all there technicions. I know of 60 Telstra employees and 30 more are set to go in march or April.. They are replacing them with neew trainee's. The trainee's are not up to spec with there training.
Telstra use to have training facilitys like tafes. There long gone.
At the moment in the Newcastle, Cessnock areas have over 3000 faults. There are Techs up here from SA and the NT, they have no idea of the area so all they are doing is slowing the rest of the techs because they keep asking where is this cabinet and where is this pillar and where is this pit. No offence to the instate techs, it would be the same if the local techs went to SA or the NT.
I was talking to a tech today who was from the NT, who lives a town of 2500 people. He asked a me and Telstra tech where this RCM was. After 25 minutes of writing down directions he was on his way out to the putty road a third of the way to Windsor.
Another Telstra tech told me today that with this role out, the agreement was made if Telstra is putting the dollars down. All ADSL2 customers must go through Telstra.
The system is falling apart. We request stuff at the exchanges to be fixed and it takes for ever to get done. If done at all.
I know of a shit load of Downer tech (mostly ex Telstra employees) who are considering getting out all together. Telstra is trying to pay everyone SFA. I guarentee everyone the way Telstra is being run now its only going to get worse.
Privatising Telstra is what fucked it. Johnny was the money worth fucking everyones jobs and telecommunications.
If the power stations get sold off then we are fucked aswell. It might be time to go Green power I think by using battery's and solar panels. Atleast I know I will have reliable power.