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gearbox
Joined: Mar 28, 2003
Posts: 74
From: narre warren north
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is it possible to have a prepay optus sim activated for international roaming?
i have an active sim but forgot to have the international roaming activated before leaving aus.
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baja462
Joined: Jun 03, 2004
Posts: 94
From: Sydney, Australia
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rofl why am i so awesome??
visit my site, its australian, coz im australian and i made it =)
global44.com
sup ppl |
camelboy
Joined: Jun 17, 2005
Posts: 45
From: Canberra, Australia
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I was wondering if there was an Australian thread. Looks like there is. 
Promotional signature only, not for resale. |
gelfen
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Melbourne, Australia
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Telstra 3G service to launch in September
By Renai LeMay, CNET.com.au
Australia's largest telco will launch its third-generation mobile phone service on September 5, on the back of its $450 million network sharing deal with competitor Hutchison.
Telstra's service will operate between 200kbps and 300 kbps in capital cities (except Darwin), in addition to the Gold Coast. 3G services outside these areas are "more likely to be delivered" on the company's existing - but slower - CDMA network.
The 3G handsets - from vendors Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and NEC - will be sold with capped plans at $49 and $79 a month. Telstra claims the plans offer up $250 and $550 worth of standard voice calls, respectively.
Around half of Australia's population will be covered by the next-generation network, according to Telstra.
The provision of advanced video services is 3G's key selling point. Telstra subscribers will be able to make video calls to each other and also to Hutchison's '3' branded subscribers.
"Video calling between Telstra and other carriers' customers will be technically possible when the other carriers launch their 3G services," the company said in a statement.
Customers will have two options for accessing Telstra's 3G service. Its new 'Active' channel will deliver video content sites, video calling and video messagebank, while customers can opt for the i-mode channel which has, since last November, provided online access to interactive applications like the WhereIs mapping service.
The i-mode channel is used by Telstra under an agreement with Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo.
Telstra will also take aim at laptop Internet access, duplicating Hutchison's NetConnect PCMCIA card in a solution dubbed "Telstra 3G Connect". Consumers will also be able to gain access to their BigPond e-mail accounts through their handsets, along with the Hotmail and Yahoo e-mail access already delivered via i-mode.
Telstra will offer customers two months' free access to Active with each 3G handset (including $100 worth of content), along with a 60 day free trial period for those who sign up for an i-mode account. Thereafter, content will be charged by each individual content provider, with surfing and e-mail data costs being billed by Telstra at between $2.50 and $5 per megabyte.
Optus and Vodafone are scheduled to launch their 3G offerings later this year. Vodafone will launch 3G in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra this October - rolling out to Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in early 2006.
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baja462
Joined: Jun 03, 2004
Posts: 94
From: Sydney, Australia
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haha sweet i dont get it
sup ppl |
Redback
Joined: Sep 20, 2004
Posts: 32
From: Sydney
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Honestly guys,
Who would want to have a video-calling phone? As if I'm gonna want people calling and watching me while I'm out, or in bed etc etc. Imagine everybody had one, imagine getting wrong numbers & all the prank calls! But I'm sure they'll have a feature to swith off the cam..
By the way, buy a k750i, best phone I've ever had 
[ This Message was edited by: Redback on 2005-08-30 02:48 ] |
shaheen
Joined: Jul 04, 2004
Posts: 34
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i have a z800 unlocked brand new for sale, if anyone is interested and lives in melbourne PM me. thanks. |
chris_c28
Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 22
From: Sydney
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The W800i is available on Optus for $22 per month on the cap plans. Do you think it's worth it? |
gelfen
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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it's also $799 outright from Organiser World
http://www.ow.com.au/shop/pro[....]ufacturers_id//products_id/605
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chris_c28
Joined: Sep 29, 2003
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From: Sydney
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Which is why I'm torn between going on a contract and getting it off contract. The savings are about $271
[ This Message was edited by: chris_c28 on 2005-09-07 09:50 ] |
gelfen
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Melbourne, Australia
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you should think about buying it outright and going with, say, virgin (who use the optus network anyway) or another cheap provider.
i did that using voda with my z600 and i reckon i've come out in front (considering at the time it was a minimum $40 plan, no cap, for 24 months).
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Quintessence
Joined: Mar 22, 2003
Posts: 35
From: Sydney, Australia
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Am now a proud owner of a K750i! |
QweenBee
Joined: Sep 05, 2005
Posts: 6
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is the w800 worth buying? i currently hav a shitty old Nokia 6610 & ive had nothing but problems with it since the day i got it so i think i want to stick away from Nokia.. ive seen the new w800 & im liking it the more i see it,its g0t really go0d features... overall im jus lo0king for a fone that will b reliable & w0nt have problems with it str8 away.. if any1 in Aus has recently bought a w800 could u plz tell me ur opinion on it? wat u think ov it? worth the money?
also d0es it come with different colourd/picture themes? ive only eva seen the orange background on it... =/
ur opinions would b greatly appreciated... Regards.. |
thewizard-oz
Joined: Aug 15, 2005
Posts: 8
From: Perth, Australia
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G'day from Perth.
Anyone know someone in Oz who can debrand an ex-Orange UK SE P900 that I bought on eBay? Either that or someone who can supply me with full OEM/original SE P900 firmware?
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mattan
Joined: Dec 13, 2002
Posts: 121
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On 2005-01-10 11:35:37, twerg wrote:
Hi all, anyone else from Hobart here apart from myself? |
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*raises hand*
At least the weather is getting warmer. Sort of.
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