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Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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^^^ Not sure if that's supposed to be sarcasm. 
It's an ok deal. At least they're doing a cheap plan, but once again they're not aiming at text messagers. Still if I was starting out on a new plan, I'd go for that one I guess.
And thanks for the congratulations guys. Held him today. It was awesome.
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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I use less than 40 txt per month. The reason is that I MAKE CALLS!  And send emails too.
If you want more txt then add on's would allow that. What would 20 mins of calls cost you on prepay yea g?
For anyone on Esato who knows a bit about phones, I'd recommend the iPhone plan. At least for your 2 yr commitment you get a decent subsidy and data bundled in. And the knowledge that XT and Vodafone are fighting tooth and nail over whose network you sign up to! 
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198747
Joined: Jul 27, 2009
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HELLO EVERYBODY
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soane28
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
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From: NZ
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congrats oli for bieng an uncle now! Gotta be good and show the young one how to behave 
Still want to know 2 degrees deals. That new vodafone deal is ok for the simple user but ill stick with my contract until 2 degrees offer something better. And thats if they do. |
carkitter
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From: Auckland, NZ
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I took the plunge and installed another 1GB of DDR2 RAM on the Vaio today. Big improvement as you would expect.
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Muhammad-Oli
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The iPhone plan is great if you have that much income to spend on mobile phone usage. But us poorer folk just have to live in hope that they'll bring some decent data plans out at a lower cost. 
20 minutes of calls on prepay is about $18 but depends on who you call I think.
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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$40 per month = "...that much income" ??? Prior to the iPhone I was paying $130+ per month.
Have you seen the cost of Sky TV lately?
I knew someone who ran up a bill of $3,000+ with Vodafone in a month once... 
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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Vodafone demonstrates 21Mbps Mobile Broadband today. Test topped out at 19.2Mbps -expect 7Mbps on average.
Vodafone may skip 42Mbps and go straight to LTE.
Worth the cost yet?
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Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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On 2009-07-31 11:21:59, carkitter wrote:
$40 per month = "...that much income" ??? Prior to the iPhone I was paying $130+ per month.
Have you seen the cost of Sky TV lately?
I knew someone who ran up a bill of $3,000+ with Vodafone in a month once...
Well ok. I was thinking of the more expensive iPhone plans.
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simomed
Joined: Dec 09, 2008
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Hi guys. :)
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yea g
Joined: Jul 02, 2008
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I'm really tempted to wag school and go to the 2degrees announcement on tuesday at 9am  . I wonder what time the bus gets to queen street... 
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frankthetank
Joined: Jan 28, 2008
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From: Christchurch, New Zealand
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Has anyone tried to use a C702 on XT? Is it possible? There are conflicting stories so I'd like a definitive answer
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Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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God damn Asia Pacific forum is full of these WAP hackers now. It's beginning to annoy me. They post in any thread that gets bumped to the top of the Asia Pacific section. I think that because they are on a limited mobile phone browser, they can't see that there is a wider and mature forum which they are messing up.
Anyways, frankthetank... XT is 850Mhz, and the C702 according to SE uses GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900. So to me that says that it should work. However I still wouldn't be 100% sure. Perhaps carkitter can clarify...
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carkitter
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From: Auckland, NZ
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XT uses 850MHz UMTS/HSDPA so is only compatible with SE's 'a' models. XT have chosen not to use any GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies. However...
Of the 950+ celltowers XT has across the country, about a dozen of them are 2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA compatible to add extra capacity in high volume areas so give it a try; as they say "You never know your luck in the big city."
I would recommend only buying 850MHz/2100MHz 'a' phones unles you want to access Vodafone's rural 900MHz 3G signal on a regular basis, that way you can swap between 3 SIM's - XT, Voda and 2Degrees. |
brix25
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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I need to educate myself on the mobile networks you guys have in NZ, Last time I checked, I hadn't heard about XT and 2Degrees. Wiki FTW!!
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