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In article <>, Barry Lennox did
write:

> But what annoys me that apparently Slingshot is just "going to drop
> it" without any reductions in fees.

Imagine if it was a new service coming in, and they were going to bundle it
for every user, with a concomitant increase in fees, without offering the
choice? Would you complain or not?

Case of hypocrisy, or not?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In article <>, Barry Lennox did
> write:
>
>> But what annoys me that apparently Slingshot is just "going to drop
>> it" without any reductions in fees.
>
> Imagine if it was a new service coming in, and they were going to bundle it
> for every user, with a concomitant increase in fees, without offering the
> choice? Would you complain or not?
>
> Case of hypocrisy, or not?


Ihug tried that a number of years ago, they sent out a newsletter with
the bill in the mail, and charged everyone $1 for it, next month after
the ComCom had a go at them, they stopped charging for it.

In article <g5k8ib$qvo$>, greg did write:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> In article <>, Barry Lennox did
>> write:
>>
>>> But what annoys me that apparently Slingshot is just "going to drop
>>> it" without any reductions in fees.
>>
>> Imagine if it was a new service coming in, and they were going to bundle
>> it for every user, with a concomitant increase in fees, without offering
>> the choice? Would you complain or not?
>>
>> Case of hypocrisy, or not?
>
> Ihug tried that a number of years ago, they sent out a newsletter with
> the bill in the mail, and charged everyone $1 for it, next month after
> the ComCom had a go at them, they stopped charging for it.

Precisely. So the complaint is hypocrisy.