"These cuts will directly impact on Telstra's ability to service existing clients, particularly those who in regional areas rely on the network for business and essential services. Today's jobs purge is the low-point of 20 years of privatisation, which has consistently taken the low road of cutting jobs rather than investing in vital community infrastructure. "On behalf of Telstra workers and Telstra customers, I am calling on CEO Andy Penn to reconsider this drastic action.