Telstra's bid is 13 pages long (including a cover letter), and half of the document is just a list of demands.

They have essentially said: "We'll build a network, but not on your terms. Here are our demands, if you agree to them we'll talk". 

They are also refusing to co-operate with the independent expert panel that assesses the bids. They want all negotiations to take place behind closed doors, dismissing the Government's process as being slow, with too much focus on "probity".

It's more like a ransom note than a bid.

The NBN was drawn up because tel$tra will not open it's infastructure, or provide good internet access.

The amusing part of this is that Telstra's submission is apparently a mere 13 pages long.

"Other bids have come from Optus." No, Optus is a member of a consortium of leading Australian ISPs named Terria...

I wonder what they'll use all that bandwidth for now that they've banned porn and everything interesting and useful.