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Customers suddenly find their new phones can't make calls or send texts (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

The telecoms are using bad-faith interpretation of the new rules to require their customers to buy (often identical) phones directly from them. This is a corporate money-grab and it needs to be aggressively addressed.