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General Category => Active Polls => Topic started by: Diesel on April 11, 2013, 11:22:13 AM
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Abe and I were just wondering who gets our Mobile biz (for no particular reason).
But given the vast amounts of country riding one can do in Oz on a ST - does this influence your choice?
With the new 4G network going in - are you changing companies soon?
Have you gotten rid of your landline handset now and just use the mobile? (I am trying).
Do you use Skype (or other) a lot?
Cheers, Diesel
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I'm with Vodafone - found the coverage to be woeful on the Middleton trip.
I guess Telstra has the best coverage - unfortunately I have always found them to be a pack of :cuss :cuss holes regarding customer service & pricing.Don't use Skype & no landline .
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We recently changed over to TPG for all our communication needs, and have halved our yearly communication bills. :thumbsup TPG uses the Optus network, not as good as Telstra, but heaps better than VodaNoPhone
Previously we had our home phone with Telstra, Internet with Adam, and two Telstra PrePaid mobiles which we really only used on hoilday or for emergencies.
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Living up here the Northern Paradise 8),if you are not with Telstra and you wander around away form the towns you don't get service . :cuss
:13Candy
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Telstra NextG for my mobile, and Jean with Virgin (Optus).....Virgin has the best value for money deal on calls, data, plan......., but telstra has far better rural coverage for where we find ourselves, and I can only put a Telstra sim in my Satellite phone for when we go scrub.
Cheers
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Gotta agree with Mystic, with some of the places I travel to for work Telstra is the only choice. I haven't had too many problems with Telstra over the years and I know how much I'm up for because I have a capped plan which I will never use totally in a fit. I just don't use the mobile that much.
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Mystic and Bikebear are right, if you're with any other carrier and you step outside of the city limits... Pow.. No service.
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wanted telstra but :well vain promises which never happened :fp
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forgot to say im with vodafone :H
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Telstra here, step 10 feet west of toowoomba and no service from the rest, I had service for 98% of my national rally trip, cost wise, well I have a theory you pay for what you get...
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Does anybody know much about Southern Phone?
I think you can choose either Optus or Telstra and they are cheaper then dealing with Telstra directly.
Brad
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Started with an Optus landline because someone needed to give Telstra a kick in the behind then went to Optus mobile.
Now have naked dsl for landline which gives me all Australain landline calls, except for 13 numbers, free.
Keep a low low Optus mobile plan still just to keep Telstra honest even though coverage is not as good. Even in my home in Perth lucky to get 2 bars in some rooms. First time I used mobile through blue tooth on the bike I got 500 meters down the road and had trouble remembering exactly how I got there, now all phone calls can wait until I have stopped (same applies for my car).
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Telstra mainly for NextG coverage in rural areas. I also bundle in a Tbox, home phone (free local calls and to my mobile, up to 3 mins free to wife's mobile) I don't have a data plan for the mobile.
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Started with an Optus landline because someone needed to give Telstra a kick in the behind then went to Optus mobile.
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Keep a low low Optus mobile plan still just to keep Telstra honest even though coverage is not as good. Even in my home in Perth lucky to get 2 bars in some rooms. ..
Yeah I hear ya Glen - My street is 400m long and with Optus - perfect reception up the other end - but around the house - I'm one of those who walk around exclaiming "how about now?... is that better.... just wait, I'm going outside!"....etc etc
There are those giant high tension powerlines that cross the street half way, and I believe they affect reception, as the infrastructure for transmission is on the other side of the lines.
Paying the extra for Telstra seems to have fixed this problem.
Have actually saved $80 per month by combining services and lowering data and call allowance.
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Up until we moved from Karratha back to SA we used Vodafone for both our phone and USB internet connection as we had no landline where we were living.
Moving to Peterborough left us with Optus or Telstra and for us Optus is as good as Telstra for where we live.
I'm pre-paid with Optus.........6 month cap plan for $30 and I still have credit to roll over on re charge.........
Heather has Do-Do (uses Optus network) on $50 a month cap plan on contract and only switched over because of her need for a new phone. The deal came with a wifi 10.1 Tab as an extra.
We ditched Telstra 10 years for the land line in favour of B Digital ( taken over by Soul taken over by TPG) as they included $20 of calls for the phone and a reduced rental fee with our first ADSL broadband package. Telstra did the usual try to get us back but they couldn't match the price.
For land line we use Aussie Broadband with an ADSL2 100GB plan for about $80 a month plus any calls we make. I will never see the sense in using a phone or a tab for a full time internet connection when a PC or a Laptop are so much easier to use.
I started this post on my tab..........it took 20 minutes for the first 3 lines...............I gave up and came back to the PC.
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We've got the Telstra home package: $100/month landline, free calls plus cable internet, 200 gb (we use about 12 gb!). Plus two $40 mobile plans with three way free calls. We're on 3G and rarely lose signal. Missus Biggles uses all her allowance on SMSes then racks up more on calls. :'(
I usually donate $200/ month towards the CEO's multi-million dollar pay packet (and his free phone and car).
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I've got the same package biggles. Only I use over 25gig a month that's why I went up to the 200 gig.
So, I too donate to the Telstra CEO doing it tuff fund......
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Same as Biggles and Sabie at home and use Telstra mobile for work. The wife has dabbled away from Telstra a couple of times but we always go back due to the better signal issues. I guess if you own the network, you should have the best signal. As said earlier, you pay a bit more but the signal and service is better.
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I use Amaysim.
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Telstra is the only carrier who can reach country areas.
http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/coverage-networks/our-coverage/ (http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/coverage-networks/our-coverage/)
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Telstra is the only carrier who can reach country areas
Depends on what you call country areas.......and if you're on about land line or mobile.
Not even Telstra is everywhere and you can still have no service on major highways in most areas of the country. My sis in law recently went to NBN via satellite up at Marla, SA. The service was so good they went back to the old system.
My last trip across the Nullarbor earlier this year saw about 6 towers being erected so I doubt it won't be to long and that highway will be covered for at least emergency calls for non Telstra carriers.
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I'm now on Dodo (Optus network) for my mobile @ $10 every two months. Not capped but 11c a minute or sms and no connection fee and I still don't make enough calls to run out of credit and still had $25 left at last top up.
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Sadly I am stuck with Telstra nothing else works where I am and even Telstra doesn't give full coverage. I use Skype on my mobile works great.
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When we first got back to Oz, went with Vodaphone, but got sick of the little coverage they provided. had one bar at the back of the house (mid city suburbia) and no coverage for where work took me. Now with Telstra, yeah a little more $$, but it works. No home phone for about 10 years, dont miss it either (herro, is de orner hoome?)
Nate
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Still with Telstra, no other carrier works outside the city..
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I put up with the reduced Optus carriage, I have had too many hassles with Testra over billing problems. It took over a year to resolve a problem with the billing for my Daughters phone. Even the resolution staff couldnt work out what was happening with the account. It was so messed up, they zeroed out the $250 that was apparently owed and that went wrong and they sent me a cheque for $250.00
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I wish I could put up with reduced coverage. I have had an absolutely litany of problems with Telstra over the years. I cannot stand the company. If they worked in a truly competitive environment they would be broke in a month.
They might be ok in the city but they are terrible in the country.
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I wish I could put up with reduced coverage. I have had an absolutely litany of problems with Telstra over the years. I cannot stand the company. If they worked in a truly competitive environment they would be broke in a month.
They might be ok in the city but they are terrible in the country.
Said that for years........They need a good scare to bring them selves back into the market....I have been with Optus for about 15years now probably more in fact. Thats landline cable internet and 2 mobiles, wife and daughter. Only issue I have with Optus is poor coverage in our house which is strange as there is a mobile tower about 2 k,s away. So to break ranks, I have had a prepaid Telstra account for about 2 years now and have found that the coverage on average is much better. Notice it mainly when out and about and when SWMBO says, "can I have your phone dear as I have no coverage"........ Bold statement, but if Optus shared Telstra`s infrastructure, they would kill them in the market place.......Food for thought.. :EatCake...... :wht11
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I won't go with Optus because the Singapore Govt has plenty of money without getting mine.... Telstra may have it's faults but they aren't a subsidiary of a foreign government.
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I am with Aldi, uses Telstra for a lot less cost, don't have a landline, wireless internet.
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Here Ya go Craig, yeah I know it's wikipeadia, but it gives you an idea.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optus (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optus)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singtel (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singtel)
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:dred11
I have amaysim postpaid $44.95 unlimited calls text plus 5gig data, I know its the optus network and get good coverage
at home juST have optus 4g mobile wifi. Telstra wouldnt put a landline in so no landline either
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Our NBN can't be far away as the local council has made mention of it in terms of coverage. Outside the town built up area it will be wifi which will get done first but nothing said about the service to homes in the town yet.
Our ISP/landline carrier no longer takes new landline customers but will put you onto a free ISP service with ADSL2. No call costs except for ringing mobile numbers. We can do that now and keep current number if we want and for the same cost ($79.95) and our internet jumps up double to 200Gb a month.
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Because I'm an iiNet ADSL2/home phone customer I've got a $20/Month Sim with $450 worth of call credits and 1.5 GB of data.
It uses the Optus Network which has better coverage than I had when I was on Vodafone. Coverage was the only reason I left Vodafone as once I got out in the country I often had no coverage and teh reassurance of knowing in an emergency I could make a call was important. I had been pleased with the pricing and plans at Vodafone.
If I could afford it I'd have a Sat Phone, but the prices are :eek.
I've looked at the Optus coverage for the SS1600k and Pretty sure I'm going to have coverage for most of the trip. :runyay
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In an emergency Gary, you can use any network to ring 000
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In an emergency Gary, you can use any network to ring 000
Thanks Brock, I knew that. What I meant was break down etc to contact RACQ etc and/or family etc.
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In an emergency Gary, you can use any network to ring 000
Thanks Brock, I knew that. What I meant was break down etc to contact RACQ etc and/or family etc.
Or the RAN :butt
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Interesting topic . Must be the reason we have choices, we then apply them, :wht11 for what works for us. Just Say`in......... :wht11
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In an emergency Gary, you can use any network to ring 000
Thanks Brock, I knew that. What I meant was break down etc to contact RACQ etc and/or family etc.
Or the RAN :butt
Yeah and that too! Thanks for the subtle reminder. :grin
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Hi Everyone
I've just moved the family (5 services) over to Jeenee mobile (from crazy Johns as they are closing)
Its a not for profit organisation that donates phone services to people with disabilities.
Its on the Optus network and for $25 a month there's a call centre in Australia, $500 in calls, unlimited texts, unlimited calls between Jeenee mobiles, 1.5GB data billed in 10k blocks and month by month so you're not locked in.
The best part is they inform you as you approach the limit then stop you when the limit is reached rather than getting huge bills
My daughter ran up $150 in excess data in one month with CJ's and I was not happy.
The downside is they don't have the coverage of Telstra but I don't mind if people cant always call me.
Regards
John
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I'm with Telstra... have been, since 1967. Have home phone and internet plus mobile.
Never had any issues.
As I am only 150 metres from our exchange, I get very good broadband internet speeds, commonly 2.4 Meg per second, altho just recently late at night when they were testing the exchange capabilities in preparation for the NBN changeover, I was getting download speeds of between 18 and 32 megabytes per second..... I downloaded 8 complete movies in just 11 minutes!
Cheers, Kev
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I won't go with Optus because the Singapore Govt has plenty of money without getting mine.... Telstra may have it's faults but they aren't a subsidiary of a foreign government.
Noble sentiment Craig but that is precisely the reason Telstra is so bad.
If more people voted with their feet the level of service of it's competitors would improve because the greater revenue would allow them to invest more in competing infrastructure. Telstra then would find themselves in a true competition and their service would have to improve or they would go under.
The only reason I am with Telstra is because none of the other networks work where I am.
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Telstra for my mobile.
Amaysim for Chris'. Cost $2 for sim. No contract. Post paid. Less than $10 every couple of months.
Optus for internet and home phone.
Looking at GPS tracker for bike and caravan. From DMME. Probably pre paid Telstra for Sim card for tracker
Pretty good run, no complaints with any of them.
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I have been with VODAFONE for 14 years with 4 mobiles and have had terrible coverage and service!
I have recently transferred 2 mobiles to $18 VAYA mobile (uses OPTUS) sim only and find it is a great plan for our teenage boys, unlimited sms, plenty talk and 1 gb data
I will do the same when my contract ends and leave VODAFONE for ever, cant wait!
btw,
I was with TPG for internet for 1 year and had nothing but grief!
They are the WORST internet provider!
Switched to Telstra Cable 200gb with landline incl. it is hassle free
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With Telstra and extremely happy with the coverage. Limited need for any customer service but what contact I have had with them has been hassle free. Rides from Adelaide to Darwin and Adelaide to Biloela have resulted in phone coverage for most of the way. I also had a phone with Vodafone as a back-up. May as well have left it at home as poor coverage. Home phone still connected but mainly for the Security System. Majority of calls etc. are done on mobile. :thumbsup
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Changed to Telstra at Christmas, I now have 4G so not sure if coverage us better or not yet.
Still have found some back roads without coverage including between Woolooga and Biggenden.
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