I unlocked my phone on Telstra earlier this year, didn't cost me anything. Not 
sure if that was because I was pretty clear that I just needed to use another 
SIM while travelling for a few weeks.

-- 
Pat

On 14/07/2011, at 11:38 AM, Chris Herring wrote:

> Did Telstra charge you to unlock your phone?
> On Thursday, 14 July 2011 at 11:33 AM, Andrew Grimm wrote:
> 
>> It's working now.
>> 
>> Things I found helpful:
>> Asking telstra to unlock my phone. Takes 5 to 72 hours on weekdays
>> 
>> Syncing with your laptop. Especially in case you need to do a restore
>> 
>> Paperclip to get your old sim out
>> 
>> You may want to put mopera.net in your cellular data settings
>> 
>> Try using it outside
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone in Japan 
>> 
>> On 09/07/2011, at 12:02 AM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> When I went over last year I rented a SIM card through JCR Corp:
>>> http://jcrcorp.com/
>>> 
>>> Website's nothing flash, and prices aren't cheap, but that's the case 
>>> across the board from what I've found. They delivered it to my hotel the 
>>> day I arrived in Japan, with an envelope to post it back to them once 
>>> you're done. The SIM worked fine, they give you the details to get data 
>>> working, and Docomo (the carrier they use) has a pretty solid network.
>>> 
>>> For those with iPhone 4 and iPads, they should offer MicroSIMs (they didn't 
>>> officially last year, but Ben Hoskings asked via email and they were happy 
>>> to supply one).
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Pat
>>> 
>>> On 09/07/2011, at 12:56 AM, Andrew Grimm wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Anyone used mobile internet in Japan? Did you use Telstra's $29 for 10
>>>> MILLION (Dr Evil style) bytes, rent a SIM card, or rent a wireless
>>>> modem?
>>>> 
>>>> Or maybe I should HTFU and only use internet while I'm at the Kimi
>>>> Ryokan or at the conference...
>>>> 
>>>> Andrew
>>>> 
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