Comments on: BigPond launches mobile TV

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:12:02 +0000

They are after impulse purchases. I’m bored. I’m on a train platform. I have to kill some time. That sort of thing.

By: Jenneth Orantia

Jenneth Orantia — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:34:17 +0000

To compare it to pricing in the US, you can buy a full-length episode of most of the latest TV shows through iTunes at 640 x 480 resolution for $1.99 (around $2.20AUD) and they don’t expire. Telstra seems to think that you’ll pay a premium for the convenience of on-the-fly downloads, but even if it’s your absolute most favourite show in the world, as if you’re going to want to watch it on a tiny little mobile phone screen. Maybe if it was part of an all-you-can-download service that you pay a monthly subscription fee for (and that’s only if you do a lot of commuting and don’t like reading, listening to music or staring at other people), but paying per episode – and $4.95 at that? Faggeddaboutit.

By: pinchies

pinchies — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:11:42 +0000

â€ elsâ€ ra doesn't suck (totally), just their overpriced services and their arrogance at "supporting their stockholders". Bah. Cheaper prices would = more customers (their help-desk is not as bad as some) = more profit... is it that simple or am i missing something...

surfer79 - > offering a variety of services is not that hard. Look at IBM, they do an excellent job of this.

Me? Im with bigpond: at least until my contract runs out (groan).

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:22:30 +0000

Dean if you work in a telstra call centre then you deserve the abuse,as for buying an episode for $5 for 7 days!!??i don’t know anybody who’s would be dumb enough to buy it.

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:28:06 +0000

Bah, abusing them on the phone doesn’t work. I know, I work in a Telstra call centre. As soon as someone abuses me, I terminate the call. If someone’s polite I’ll go waaay out of my way to help them.

By: skidmark

skidmark — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:00:25 +0000

nah, telstra sucks, for good reason.

By: surfer79

surfer79 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:13:25 +0000

to cdog

it's easy to say 'telstra sucks', the only question is why. being the biggest company and employer in the country they're always going to be an easy target. when you think about the breadth of services they offer that allow all australian's to communicate (including your current internet connectivty most likely) they're not really doing that bad a job.

sure, when you try and call them it can be difficult - but do you have any suggestions other than abuse???

By: cdog

cdog — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:52:50 +0000

telstra sucks