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meinrosebud [Visitor] in response to: The CDMA Shutdown Debacle

meinrosebud [Visitor] — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:49:50 +0000

My electronic Oxford dictionary defines: 'Debacle' as a noun meaning 'a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco'. So I don't think Anthony was wrong to call it a fiasco.

Secondly, Telstra's 3G network doesn't have the same coverage as CDMA so for new technology it doesn't meet the people's needs yet so why close it because it seems to cost the the company money to maintain it and therefore affect the profits for the stockholder (who are more improtant to the company).

It is a joke, a fiasco and a debacle AND just typical of Telstra to ignore customer needs. Lightweight story, hardly, I think it was spot on and I think Anthony has read Telstra's motives quite correctly

Anthony CARUANA [Member] in response to: The CDMA Shutdown Debacle

Anthony CARUANA [Member] — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:09:31 +0000

My point wasn't that the CDMA network is being shut down. The debacle is Telstra's handling of it and their lack of understanding or willingness to understand the environment they operate it.

Sydney Lawrence [Visitor] in response to: The CDMA Shutdown Debacle

Sydney Lawrence [Visitor] — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:44:01 +0000

Anthony Caruana. While always appreciating a story that is of interest your article "The CDMA Shutdown Debacle" was light-weight and contained mistakes.

The Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language describes "debacle" as "a calamitous breakdown, rout, or collapse, as of an enterprise" a slight exaggeration of the CDMA shutdown I would think.

Many years ago a young man, Henry Ford, was advised to forget his dream of the manufacture of a motor car as it was a passing fad and the horse would never be replaced.

I hope that you Anthony do not fall into this vision restricted category with your seeming desire to hold fast to old fashioned and outdated technologies.