Directory Assistance

[CBillyR]

For anyone contemplating using Sensis directory service no 1234. keep this in mind.

Sensis as you may know is a subsidiary of Telsrta. The 1234 number is replacing the 12456 directory ass. number, but this time with outrageous charges applied:
40c to call the number.
Then 4c per SECOND.

By law Telstra have to supply a FREE directory assistance number, because they are majority owned by the government.
However they choose not to pass that number on to the public.

What is that number?............1223

Thumbs up to Telstra for finding a way to charge for a service that is suppose to be free...

[Dubs]

1223 - correct

but only from a land line


Dubs

[chief wiggum]

bloody telstra. bloody telstra workers. only things worse than bloody volvo drivers...

[9zero]

use a phonebook or whitepages.com.au

I worked at that god awful place for a little while, there are a couple of us here that have worked there - as a rule the people are fucking rude and get their joy out of hanging up on people

I would rather sell my lungs than work at that fucking place again

[aaargh1]

Originally posted by Dubs@Jan 30 2006, 08:14 PM
1223 - correct

but only from a land line
Dubs

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wys



hey cbillyr that avatar of yours looks mighty familliar... "still makes me laugh"

[MeLLe]

Originally posted by chief wiggum@Jan 30 2006, 10:26 PM
bloody telstra. bloody telstra workers. only things worse than bloody volvo drivers...

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You might want to watch comments like that on this fourm.

As for 1234 charging, it's been that way for years

[chief wiggum]

Originally posted by MeLLe@Jan 31 2006, 05:34 PM
You might want to watch comments like that on this fourm.

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you may be right there melle, but i don't mind taking the piss outta myself, and as a telstra employee, that's exactly what i was doing

[CBillyR]

Originally posted by aaargh1@Jan 31 2006, 01:53 PM
wys
hey cbillyr that avatar of yours looks mighty familliar... "still makes me laugh"

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Is that one of your old ones?
Found it somewhere out there in cyber...

My impression is that... on mobiles charges for using these services are added on top of whatever your call rate. say 15c per 30sec.+ flag-fall. So by the time you add these extra charges on your prob paying few dollars.

A company I used to work for requested us to refrain from using call connect. By the time you're connected you've paid about 4-5 dollars. Doing that say eight times a day for a month was bringing in some nasty extra charges on mobile bills.

[MeLLe]

Originally posted by chief wiggum@Jan 31 2006, 05:42 PM
you may be right there melle, but i don't mind taking the piss outta myself, and as a telstra employee, that's exactly what i was doing

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Didn't no you were "One of us".

Pick the person getting pissed with people asking about the share prices.