[thechat] FW: Telstra rigs Oz ZDnet poll

[Martin]

On Monday, January 28, 2002, at 10:48  pm, Isaac Forman wrote:

>
> yay. fyi:

What is this, open season on ZDNet polls?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23612.html

Cheers
Martin

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nick Boyce [mailto:nick at triplezero.com.au]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 9:02 Am
>> To: Mark Standen; Isaac Forman (E-mail)
>> Subject: Telstra rigs Oz ZDnet poll
>>
>>
>>
>> Telstra rigs Oz ZDnet poll
>> By Tim Richardson
>> Posted: 25/01/2002 at 15:19 GMT
>>
>>
>> Telstra has admitted rigging a poll in which consumers were asked
>> whether
>> the Australian telco charged too much for Internet access.
>>
>> Two hours after ZDNet Australia posted the question "Does
>> Telstra's BigPond
>> Internet service provide value for money?" 25 people said "no"
>> with just one
>> saying "yes".
>>
>> Amazingly, half an hour later and the "yes" vote had soared to a
>> whopping
>> 287. According to ZDNet, the massive swing was traced back to Telstra.
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23834.html
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