Let me say up front, that unlike other recent reports, the experience is not all bad. That is, this is not going to be a bad luck story. Indeed, the User - Telstra - Australia’s single largest full service telco operator, now has a policy to use VRLA batteries unless there is a business case not to do other wise.
Let me also quickly add that this does not mean there hasn’t been (and still are) some problems. VRLAs are not perfect and, to be honest, the damn technology has given Telstra some grief in the past. But the technology (and the industry) is maturing, and Telstra has developed ways to become “Comfortable” with using VRLA’s as a maturing product. I’ll share these things with you during the presentation.
