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GPRS in Australia / New Zealand ?? |
Andy_P
Joined: Jun 10, 2002
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From: Warwickshire
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Hi folks..
I know this is strictly off topic, but I know there are good folks here who can help and will read this.
I will soon be jetting off to the other side of the world with my p800 for a while to do some travelling and wonderred how much coverage id get in Oz & NZ for GPRS.
Do the major cities have it & stuff ?
As regards roaming, if one was to travel along the south coast of oz, whats the signal like? Im sort of asking to find out what proportion of the journey I'll have signal and/or internet access for.
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mixin
Joined: Jan 26, 2002
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From: Notts, UK
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ive only been to the east coast of australia.. but there was GPRS everywhere... its a well covered area out there....
not just in big cities either... in smaller towns and stuff there was still GPRS available 
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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yeah Mixin is right these days... the coverage is pretty good.
Can't tell you much about roaming because being an aussie I have a Telstra sim card (as well as UK voda and german O2).
On the odd occassion I have turned a phone on with UK vodafone sim in I have always seen GPRS reception indicated.
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berek
Joined: Jul 07, 2003
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Everywhere you get signal, you'll get gprs. However whilst the majority of the population centres are covered there is a lot of bush in between that isn't. Don't know about sth aus, sorry. |
Andy_P
Joined: Jun 10, 2002
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From: Warwickshire
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thats totally the answer I was hoping for
In that case, I think I will be bringing a lappy on my travels...
You gonna buy me a beer when I get to Sydney then Mr Masseur?
Wonder what Orange insurance swap out is like in Oz!!
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trowel
Joined: Jul 03, 2003
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From: New Zealand
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NZ's all good too. Vodafone has pretty decent coverage here. I just spent 4 hours on road on Monday - at no time was there a lack of coverage when I wanted it. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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Andy_P, would love to buy you some of our amber nectar but unfortunately I am currently doing work at the Deutsche Boerse (German/Swiss futures exchange) for a while as its pretty good euros they pay here in Frankfurt!
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Bogus Jimmy
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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From: Adelaide, Australia
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I'm not sure how it works, but I can tell you that Telstra has the best coverage for GPRS/GSM outside of cities in Australia. If you can, see if you can roam using Tesltra if you need to "go bush".  Otherwise you'll be fine. You know we're not that behind here in Australia. 
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mixin
Joined: Jan 26, 2002
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From: Notts, UK
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i actually found that the GPRS coverage was better in aus than here in the UK
i think i was on telstra most of the time though... sometimes optus as well, but never had any complaints.... you can just set telstra to your prefered network if need be....
another thing i loved about being in aus.. is the way it said the place name.. O2 is just shite and doesnt have that 
cruisin down the good ol bruce highway with it on my screen was amazing
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Andy_P
Joined: Jun 10, 2002
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From: Warwickshire
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damn im looking forward to this trip... never been over that side of the world before!
Best thing is, I have a dodgy corporate account which gives me free unlimited gprs even when roaming for £30 a month... so im going to cut the voice tariff down to a minimum whilst im travelling and just pay the £30 for mobile internet.
Gonna take a lappy & 12v charger and have a VW mobile internet café!!
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jackblue
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
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Hey mate, im in nz, and gprs is awesome here for several reasons....! i strongly recommend getting an nz sim when youre here; you'll be very surprised at whats available.
oh yea, an if youre in queenstown, walk down shotover street with your bluetooth on discoverable!
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countryslicker
Joined: Apr 27, 2003
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From: Ballarat, Vic (rural Australia
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Well I'm in the "bush" - 110 km from Melbourne, using Optus. GPRS works fine in all the rural areas here (Western Victoria) and in Melbourne. I used GPRS like crazy when I got my P800, but my first months bill still only came to A$8.57 - which Optus refunded anyway (a freebie). I doubt you'll have any problems, but bring your laptop anyway. (My laptop works perfectly (via infrared) with the P800 for internet and e-mail access - cheap thru Optus at 30cents for 10 minutes after 8pm). |
Andy_P
Joined: Jun 10, 2002
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From: Warwickshire
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at the moment I pay £30 a month (AU $75) for unlimited gprs which will work in Oz & NZ too hopefully. I won't use it that much, just a bit of MSN, ICQ and email, but also to transfer the millions of photos im gonna be taking
When you say I'll be amased at the features of a NZ sim card, what do you mean? Does it ward off Kanga-road-kill? |
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Posted: 2003-07-09 13:01
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