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Old 16-08-2007, 10:16 PM   #1
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Which company has the worst corporate image in Australia, nominations please !!!

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Old 16-08-2007, 10:18 PM   #2
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The AWU, hands down!
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:21 PM   #3
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:21 PM   #4
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:24 PM   #5
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:31 PM   #6
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:32 PM   #7
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with so many corporate duds thats a hard one to answer..
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:34 PM   #8
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Telstra are pretty bad, they pretend to be our "friends" and doing stuff for the country, but look how far behind we are broadband network wise due to the fact they never really got off their butts and did anything.
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:37 PM   #9
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Yeah, another vote for Telstra here. Useless, greedy and tell one lie after another.

Actually, that could describe most politicians to :P
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:38 PM   #10
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my top 5 list

#1 telstra
#2 telstra
#3 telstra
#4 telstra
#5 telstra

the worst company i have ever delt with by far. :
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:52 PM   #11
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:52 PM   #12
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James Hardie, l think they even make Telstra look respectable.
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Old 16-08-2007, 10:57 PM   #13
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Yeah i was thinking James Hardie too theyd be my no1.

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Old 16-08-2007, 11:03 PM   #14
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Transfield - One minute they are telling the blokes of all the upcoming work, then they close the workshop down and aution the gear (including 121 welding machines as well as the rest).

Telstra - just dont give a .
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Old 16-08-2007, 11:06 PM   #15
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James Hardie

Telstra suck bad in the frontline department, i wouldnt say their management is particularly bad.
If they dont want to roll out a new network then who can blame them. Optus' investment was considered a debacle.
A multibillion investment with questionable returns is obviously not going to be put forward at the demands of the government...
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Old 16-08-2007, 11:18 PM   #16
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Old 16-08-2007, 11:27 PM   #17
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Also Telstra here, also Midas, though not as big as the other companies discussd here
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Old 17-08-2007, 12:05 AM   #18
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Banks ?

(sorry , not enough room to list them all)
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Old 17-08-2007, 07:48 AM   #19
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Which company has the worst corporate image in Australia, nominations please !!!

It's not a corporation ... but Ford Service fits the description.
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Old 17-08-2007, 07:56 AM   #20
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All trolls......Happy to RAPE the average consumer more times than Telstra!
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Old 17-08-2007, 08:08 AM   #21
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I love to see all the Telstra bashing because all the others are SOOOOO good.

I do not live in a capital city and want 3G mobile coverage; OPTUS/no, Voda/no, 3/no, Telstra/yes
I do not live in a capital city and want 2G mobile coverage; OPTUS/almost, Voda/yeh right, 3/who?, Telstra/yes
I do not live in a capital city and want ADSL; Everyone except telstra/resold telstra wholesale, TID/Bigpuddle, yes
I do not live in a capital city and want ADSL2+; Widelinx (local boutique ISP)/yes, everyone else except telstra/no, TID/Bigpuddle, yes
I do not live in a capital city and want to make a complaint to a local person in a local office who can and will actually help me (not a franchaised shop with a 17 year old kid trying to sell me extra text messages) about my communications problems; OPTUS/no, Voda/no, 3/no, Telstra, yes

I live in Hervey Bay, a regional city with a strong tourism based economy and one of the fastest growing areas in Australia. I have ADSL2+ @ 14Mb/s, HSDPA @ 4Mb/s and extensive 3G mobile voice/video covereage.
There is no way I could have this other than on Telstra, everyone else refuses to offer these services.

As far as I am concerned Telstra is GREAT.
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Old 17-08-2007, 08:09 AM   #22
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i,d have to say telstra too and cost they are still going just plain rip off
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Old 17-08-2007, 08:25 AM   #23
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I'd have to say Telstra as they pretend to be Aussie but us over.

They fired everyone who works in our town and now spend billions on farking commercials.

The Governments fault for selling it, tell me why again we sold a company that employed tens of thousands and turned a muti billion dollar profit????????
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Old 17-08-2007, 08:32 AM   #24
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Old 17-08-2007, 08:34 AM   #25
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I love to see all the Telstra bashing because all the others are SOOOOO good.

I do not live in a capital city and want 3G mobile coverage; OPTUS/no, Voda/no, 3/no, Telstra/yes
I do not live in a capital city and want 2G mobile coverage; OPTUS/almost, Voda/yeh right, 3/who?, Telstra/yes
I do not live in a capital city and want ADSL; Everyone except telstra/resold telstra wholesale, TID/Bigpuddle, yes
I do not live in a capital city and want ADSL2+; Widelinx (local boutique ISP)/yes, everyone else except telstra/no, TID/Bigpuddle, yes
I do not live in a capital city and want to make a complaint to a local person in a local office who can and will actually help me (not a franchaised shop with a 17 year old kid trying to sell me extra text messages) about my communications problems; OPTUS/no, Voda/no, 3/no, Telstra, yes

I live in Hervey Bay, a regional city with a strong tourism based economy and one of the fastest growing areas in Australia. I have ADSL2+ @ 14Mb/s, HSDPA @ 4Mb/s and extensive 3G mobile voice/video covereage.
There is no way I could have this other than on Telstra, everyone else refuses to offer these services.

As far as I am concerned Telstra is GREAT.
And that is because of Telstra's anti competetive ways! An example of this is Internode/Agile spent so much putting in its own telecommunications and data infrastructure into the Coorong area of South Australia, the day Internode's service came online Telstra lowered thier retail pricing, only for that area, that same day.

When Telstra was privatised they should have split the company - lines and infrastructure - which should have remained government owned, and the actual telecommunications company.

www.tellthetruthtelstra.com for more reading.
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What's wrong with Telstra? best service and coverage as far as ive experienced.



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I would say telstra, but i get my mobile, internet and paytv from them lol. Bit on the exxy side but truth be told, everything works flawlessly and always has. Cant say i dont get what i pay for.

Id prob nominate Macquarie bank... one of the greatest happenings in the market this yr was when those elitist pricks were shown that they cant just walk in and buy an airline... when everyone is opposed to it... three thumbs up to the qantas shareholders!
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Old 17-08-2007, 08:59 AM   #28
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Old 17-08-2007, 09:36 AM   #29
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cant stand telstra and there prices,

TPG anyone, they are cheap as, adsl 2 especially with what they offer, also new optus plan is awesome
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[QUOTE=BlackLS] When Telstra was privatised they should have split the company - lines and infrastructure - which should have remained government owned, and the actual telecommunications company.[QUOTE]

Yeh!!!!!! someone else believes with what I've been saying for years!!!
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