Giving Telstra control of an Alert System that needs to allow local first responders quick access is like buying your kids his first bike, removing the wheels, and saying "there you go I've bought you the best bike money can buy". Well done to the Australian Early Warning Network for providing a solution for the people now lets see if the government will support it or throw in with the Sol The Cowboy at Telstra for another ride to nowhere (can anyone remember a broadband network?)