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From: David on 2 Jan 2010 19:12 In article <4b3ef374$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au>, "me here" <gloaming_agnet(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > SolomonW wrote: > > > I do some travel in the bush. Because it is not continuous, I prefer > > to prepay my mobile internet. In every trip, I tend to use quite a > > bit. > > > > Now I am with Telstra mobile. I have no complaints about the service > > and/or the coverage, but I do find it expensive. It costs me between > > $60-$100 for each trip. At the end of the year after three or four > > trips I am up for $300. > > > > If I went with Optus, a year would cost me about $260. The problem is > > I am not sure if they have the coverage. If I go with Virgin mobile > > broadband, who claims to use the Optus network it would be about $150 > > a year. > > > > Anyone tried these in the bush and what do you think? I live in the 'bush', only 50km from the largest inland city - there is no Optus coverage at all - just NextG So if you were thinking of going 'outback' as far as the Riverina give Optus a miss. David - accurate statement, but rather tongue in cheek
From: SolomonW on 4 Jan 2010 05:26 On 2 Jan 2010 18:19:16 +1100, me here wrote: > SolomonW wrote: > >> I do some travel in the bush. Because it is not continuous, I prefer >> to prepay my mobile internet. In every trip, I tend to use quite a >> bit. >> >> Now I am with Telstra mobile. I have no complaints about the service >> and/or the coverage, but I do find it expensive. It costs me between >> $60-$100 for each trip. At the end of the year after three or four >> trips I am up for $300. >> >> If I went with Optus, a year would cost me about $260. The problem is >> I am not sure if they have the coverage. If I go with Virgin mobile >> broadband, who claims to use the Optus network it would be about $150 >> a year. >> >> Anyone tried these in the bush and what do you think? > > > Try posting this question in Whirlpool discussions. > > They deal with broadband issues and generally give good advice. > > http://whirlpool.net.au/ > > Rob Nothing wrong with what I am getting here.
From: SolomonW on 4 Jan 2010 05:46 On 2 Jan 2010 20:37:07 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: > SolomonW <SolomonW(a)nospammail.com> wrote: >> I do some travel in the bush. Because it is not continuous, I prefer to >> prepay my mobile internet. In every trip, I tend to use quite a bit. >> >> Now I am with Telstra mobile. I have no complaints about the service and/or >> the coverage, but I do find it expensive. It costs me between $60-$100 for >> each trip. At the end of the year after three or four trips I am up for >> $300. >> >> If I went with Optus, a year would cost me about $260. The problem is I am >> not sure if they have the coverage. If I go with Virgin mobile broadband, >> who claims to use the Optus network it would be about $150 a year. >> >> Anyone tried these in the bush and what do you think? > > Forget it with anything non-Telstra. While I did *use* Telstra, I > often *checked* if there was any other coverage. There wasn't (except, > as another poster mentioned, in *some* of the bigger towns). I should have checked too. > > Just look at Telstra's coverage maps and those of others and you'll > see for yourself. If you know, roughly, where you're going, you can > pre-check on the on-line (with zoom) coverage maps whether or not there > is coverage. There often is, also in small towns/communities, especially > in/near Aboriginal communities. We did 14,000 km in 3 months, mostly > 'dirt' roads, and non-Telstra just didn't exist, period. > > BTW, which bundle(s) did you use and how much did you use? I used the prepaid $100 and $60 plans. The amounts are really much more then I need but the pricing scale Telstra have for much less then $60 is not worth it.
From: Frank Slootweg on 4 Jan 2010 17:00 SolomonW <SolomonW(a)nospammail.com> wrote: > On 2 Jan 2010 20:37:07 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: [...] > > BTW, which bundle(s) did you use and how much did you use? > > I used the prepaid $100 and $60 plans. The amounts are really much more > then I need but the pricing scale Telstra have for much less then $60 is > not worth it. AFAICT, you're talking about (Pre-Paid) "Wireless Broadband" [1]. If so, $60 is 750 MB at 8 cents/MB and $100 is 6 GB at 1.65 cents/MB. I used my (Telstra T6) mobile *phone* as a modem. That way you can use the Browse Plus Packs, which are a little more expensive per MB, but start at much smaller amounts: $10 for 100 MB, i.e. 10 cents/MB $59 for 750 MB, i.e. ~8 cents/MB (i.e. same as for "Wireless Broadband") [There's also $29 for 200 MB, i.e. 14.5 cents/MB. Strange!] I preferred the mobile-phone-as-modem over a (USB) modem-stick, because I only needed to buy the (pre-paid) phone and had phone, modem, Internet on phone, 'TV' on phone, etc.. I only used the $10 for 100 MB pack. These days, this mobile-phone-as-modem use seems nearly absent on the Telstra site, but the BROWSEPLUS59 pack still says "(ideal for using your mobile as a modem)", so the use is still available/permitted. I hope this helps. [1] "Wireless Broadband" is a rather stupid term, because for most people that means *WiFi*, i.e. *non*-mobile. 'Your' term "mobile broadband" is much more sensible.
From: SolomonW on 6 Jan 2010 03:43
On 4 Jan 2010 22:00:25 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: > I used my (Telstra T6) mobile *phone* as a modem. That way you can use > the Browse Plus Packs, which are a little more expensive per MB, but > start at much smaller amounts: I use three the problem is that in the bush I get charged much more. |