Before there was Zuckerberg there was Bill Gates. His company Microsoft used to rule the world. And in many places it probably still does. But Dan Bull isn't happy; he's about the awful service he's received. When the customers get grumpy all sorts of bad things can happen. Just ask Telecom.

Hat tip -- Mauricio Freitas

Mention of Telecom, what about that bid it's got with Vodafone for the Rural Broadband Initiative? According to rival bidders OpenGate (Kordia, Woosh and FX Networks) there has been an "impressive amount of public misinformation" about the RBI. Who is to blame for this? The media apparently. It came in for a right old bashing in a press release that OpenGate put out this week, in which it railed against media speculation.

Note to OpenGate - the media aren't evaluating the RBI bids, the Ministry at Economic Development are.