Hi Ronni.
I just bought an iPhone today on the $40 Telstra phone plan. I looked
at most plans under $100 for Telstra, Optus and Vodaphone and made
myself up a pricing plan comparison in Numbers for each phone size and
plan. I also looked at one Member Plan at Telstra for the equivalent
$40 plan.
If you have the phone already, a member plan looks the way to go. The
main difference, besides not paying for the phone, is that the $5 data
is not included in the member plan but you get $40 worth of calls
instead of $35. However, total cost over the two years, including the
purchase of a 32GB iPhone either outright or on a phone plan resulted
in the phone plan being cheaper.
If you'd like, I can email you my Numbers comparison off list. It also
has the coverage of the three networks.
I ended up going with Telstra mainly for the coverage. From their own
maps (all three carriers), Telstra is the only one that virtually
covers Rottnest. I have also spoken with a couple of the blokes at
work who reside down Mandurah, Rockingham way and each have gone away
but returned to Telstra because of difficulties with coverage.
Also, assuming I don't use more than my allotted calls and data per
month, it's actually cheaper!
Now comes the fun part of learning what I'm doing with my iPhone.
Regards
Pete Smith
smudd...@internode.on.net
On 03/07/2009, at 16:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Thanks Susan, Marcus & Glenn,
I use my Mobile mainly for emergencies & SMS, I am currently only on
a $20 mth 12 month contact with Telstra.
I possibly wouldn't use the iPhone much differently, I would use the
iPhone for accessing my email as I do with iPod Touch (on a Wireless
Network), not using the Telstra 3G Network.
So I require a Private Plan not a Business Plan. I would prefer to
stay with Telstra, as I said previously I have stayed with Telstra
because of the better coverage when I travel through the country
areas. Also "the Devil you know" syndrome ;-)
Susan, are you on a Telstra 24mth Plan or a Pre-Paid?
Cheers,
Ronni
On 03/07/2009, at 4:36 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:
On the plans, I am sticking with Telstra because they provide the
best coverage outside of the city. I know you can switch to
roaming, but that hasn't been a very good experience in the past,
maybe it has got better.
But, I don't use my iphone for the internet or email very much
unless I have wifi access.
So, one idea would be to get an unlocked phone from the Apple
Store, then buy a prepaid SIM with Optus, and check out the
coverage. If it works well for you, then you could go onto a plan.
cheers, susan.
On 03/07/2009, at 1:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hello WAMUGers,
Today I received a phone call from a Telstra representative (my
current contract expires with them on 30th July '09). We got
talking the new iPhone 3G S and he was continually pressing the
point that Telstra is "Australia's largest, fastest and most
reliable 3G network". He then sent me an email with Telstra's new
iPhone Plans.
I'm interested in your opinions on these plans in comparison to
other carriers please.
Telstra's monthly included data download is terrible I think, $5
for the $30 & $40 plans which equates to 5MB of Data ... excess
data charged at $1.00/MB ... yikes!
And then there is this in Telstra's -Things you need to know:
1. iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G are configured to work only with the
wireless services provided by Telstra.
Does this mean you cannot access any other wireless network?
<http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/phones/iphone/pricing.html>
Optus still seems to have the better plans. I have stayed with
Telstra all these years for its better coverage, but I'm seriously
contemplating a change of carrier for an iPhone 3G S.
"Telsyte principal research analyst Warren Chaisatien says Optus
has again released the "most aggressive" iPhone plan prices,
increasing data allowances for the internet-savvy phone and
introducing plans with unlimited phone calls and messaging.
Optus iPhone 3GS plans include the company's popular $59 plan with
data boosted from 500MB to 700MB a month and so-called "timeless"
plans with unlimited calls and messaging starting at $99 and
including 1.5GB of downloads."
" And Telstra is the only carrier not to offer iPhone tethering,
allowing use of the iPhone as a modem."
<http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25717048-5016091,00.html
>
How I'm interpreting the information Optus 'whops' all over
Telstra ... or am I misinterpreting the information?
Of course 3 Mobile have not yet released plans for the iPhone 3G
S. Expected in the coming weeks. Which might not give me enough
time as I only have to 30th July to decide if I extend my contract
with Telstra for another 12 months :-(
Cheers,
Ronni
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