[LINK] NBN fault maintenance

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 20:03 +1100, Dr.bob Jansen wrote:
> This is interesting. This is equivalent to being taxed for going off
> grid or buying bottled water instead of connecting to the water
> mains.

Yep. We live in rural NSW and have a septic tank. Works fine; never had
a leak, an overflow in twenty years. The drainage works well, there is
no downhill sign of it (lushness grass, softness etc).

The local council charges us $20/year to have a septic. Allegedly to
cover necessary inspections which strangely weren't necessary - and
never happened - before the charge was introduced. Even more strangely,
in ten years we've had one (1) inspection, which therefore cost us
$200. We can have the damn thing pumped out and cleaned for less than
that.

But the "service charges" of the energy companies are way the worst.

Regards, K.


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