News - Community & business

Telstra Countrywide General Manager Chris Taylor has taken exception to claims about poor broadband in Gungahlin made in a recent article in the Gungahlin News.

Russ Gillion, who set up the website ACT Broadband to vent his disgust at the shoddy treatment Gungahlin receives for broadband, claimed that Telstra's equipment is not up to scratch for meeting the needs of our fast-growing population. We have to agree.

But Telstra's Chris Taylor wrote to Gungahlin News claiming:

"I was extremely bemused by the inaccuracies in the article in terms of the internet situation in Gungahlin. The quotes attributed to Mr Gillion are a gross misrepresentation of the situation.
 
"Would it be possible for you to provide me with the contact details for both Mr Gillion & Mr Kerlin. I would be keen to meet with them to clarify the facts of the situation"

Putting aside that the GM of Telstra for the region doesn't seem to know how to do a simple Google search, we are keen to meet with Mr Taylor so that he can "clarify the facts". Rest assured we will leave him with no doubts about how residents feel about the broadband service Telstra delivers to the people of Gungahlin.

We have invited him to our GCC meeting of 9 June. We'll advise if he accepts the invitation.