is telstra going to bid?, page-52

not to mention, but those arrogant b@$stards at telstra don't even want the 4.7 billion as a contribution and joint partnership from the government, but they want the damn money as cheap loan which once paid back would hand them 100% ownership of the network!! Wake up people! If you own their shares, good on you, you want returns, but does that blind you to the issues revolving around the good of the country???? If it does, then I feel sorry for such narrow minded greedy people. And quite frankly, if you only look at this issue from a perspective of what you're dividend will be, or your capital growth on TLS shares, then you are not really in a position to be debating the whole NBN issue in the first place.