Howard relishes Labor Senator's Telstra comments.

Howard relishes Labor Senator's Telstra comments. :

"Senator Conroy told ABC Radio in Melbourne earlier this week that the ownership structure of Telstra makes no difference to most Australians one way or the other and what they care about is cheaper prices and better services."

Trouble is, when you are famous, or a public figure, everything you say is quoted and made much of. It's a pretty cynical view of Australians that we don't actually care who owns what as long as we get what we want at the price we want it. Senator Conroy has rather put things on a plate for Mr. Howard and the strength of Mr. Howard is that he never misses an opportunity. This article, however, points out that in context Senator Conroy is very opposed to the sale of Telstra. Things become twisted so easily in the media these days. Like the police killing the Brazilian in London. The coverage of the incident at the time and what is now being reported by the lawyer bears no ressemblance. Facts disappear and reappear in a different shape, so they are probably not facts. When it comes to phone lines and any utilities I care about who owns them. I certainly care about a long term reliable service and I care about the fact I can contact people easily with regard to utilities. We have had carriers with better prices but they have disappeared so we have gone back to Telstra or Optus. Too many choices with utilities always results in erratic prices and erratic delivery and a possibility of no delivery at all if the carrier is not rock solid in who it is and what its prime consideration is. The ownership of Telstra is by taxpayers, so maybe we do not care and just want a cheap price. When asked earlier this week , 70% of us said we didn't want the sale to go ahead. It's a mistake to think that the sale of Telstra and better services will go hand in hand. It's not a logical thought that one. To use our common parlance, I am not saying it won't result in better services and I am not saying it will. That will be evident later on down the track. What we need to decide now is whether we sell it or not. Blah blah blah.