Telstra ad sparks outrage – can you spot what’s wrong?
Just one week after Telstra announced it would be refunding 42,000 customers after failing to provide the promised NBN speeds, the Aussie telco is making headlines once again for all the wrong reasons.
The company has come under fire after a photo of its new ad at Perth’s Telstra Business Centre was posted to social media. Can you spot what’s wrong?
Residents of the Western Australian capital were outraged to see a number of mistakes in the list of NBN rollout suburbs.
The inner west suburb of Daglish has been misspelled as “Gaglish” and Nedlands has been listed twice, leading Facebook users to jokingly ponder if it means the suburb will get speeds twice as fast.
“Gaglish lol,” one person wrote. “No wonder they can’t get NBN right. They can’t even spell.”
Another joked, “Does that mean Nedlands NBN will be twice as fast or twice as rubbish?"
In response, a Telstra spokesperson told the Daily Mail it was a simple mistake. “The sign was a case of human error on behalf of the Eastern States promotion company that originally produced the banner, and failings to double check the finished product.”
The banner has since been removed and will be replaced with correct signage.