Mr LEE(10.46 a.m.) —I will make this my last contribution, to help the House. First of all, on discriminatory pricing, we accept that the government and the opposition have different opinions. When the people in towns like Ballarat, Bendigo, Launceston and Bathurst don't get the discounts that people that live in Hunters Hill get, we are going to tell them to ring you, which might be good for Telstra's revenue. I am sure people will hold you responsible when they don't get those discounts passed on, especially in Launceston. We are going to make sure that the people in Launceston learn.

Mr Warwick Smith —I'll be making sure they get them in Launceston!

Mr LEE —Unless you direct Optus Vision to start stringing cables in Launceston, I don't think you will get those cuts. As my last point, I just want to revisit this issue of mobile towers and the 1800 megahertz. My understanding is that, even if Telstra puts in the 1800 megahertz base stations on every current Telstra mobile tower, that will still only provide half as many towers as Telstra would need to provide a network of adequate technical capability. Telstra itself, which seems to have a policy of not collocating with Optus or Vodafone, will have to put in twice as many base stations, on towers or on top of church steeples or on top of home units. Telstra will have to double the number of mobile base stations that it has if Telstra is successful in putting in that 1800 megahertz signal.

That is my understanding of it. If the minister can confirm that, it will make it clear that that is what we are facing. The community should know what we are facing before that 1800 megahertz spectrum is auctioned off.