Telstra - hang on to it or sell 'er off?

[4.9 EF Futura]

Seems we're all in a fairly opinionated mood this week

Full sale of Telstra is a bit of a headline at the moment following the Coalition assuming control of the senate... or so they thought before the vocal young queenslander piped up in support of his consituents.

Now i realise the full sale is interwoven with political agenda but if we can keep the 'howard sucks' 'beazly is fat' comments out of the thread it would be much appreicated.

So whaddya reckon? Sell it? Keep what's left? $3b fund for future upgrades a good idea? Should we be subsidising the bush at all? Is Barnaby Joyce off his rocker?

Im in two mindsets about the whole idea...