telstra: no new ADSL connections

[Peter Lavender]

  > i have it from a telstra source that telstra are no longer selling new 
> ADSL connections (anywhere in australia).  apparently if you ask them 
> for a connection they will give you the run-around.  expect a big 
> brouhaha from the government when it gets public.  has anybody recently 
> tried to get ADSL?

I just got ADSL put in in that last 2 weeks... 

Was there a reason given?