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Telstra, the customer and the $6k phone line

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

Telstra, the customer and the $6k phone line

Would you pay $5931.90 for the installation of a landline in a suburban area? Telstra wanted this customer to. Ben Grubb reports.

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