Hi Ronni,Pete and all After reading your email I am very interested in looking at the iphone and available plans, as my old Sony Ericsson is almost dead.Would it be possible to have alook at Petes spreadsheet, as I will be starting from scratch when I get home |Im presently offshore and trying to figure out the norwegian keyboard!|.
Best regards to all Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronda Brown" <ro...@wn.com.au> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au> Sent: Tuesday, 7 July, 2009 8:31:54 AM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia Subject: Re: iPhone 3G S - Telstra Plans Hello People, Well, I am now the happy owner of a new 32GB iPhone 3G S . I picked up my iPhone from Telstra this morning. Yes, I finally decided to stick with Telstra and am on a $40 mth Plan + a $10 Data Pack (which I can change if I find I don't use the data pack). Pete's Spreadsheet was excellent and assisted greatly in making my decision. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed with help and very sound advice, I greatly appreciated your time and effort. My Son-N-Law is pleased that I have finally purchased an iPhone ... as I will give him my iPod Touch that I just paid to update the software to 3.0. :-) My little Granddaughter is pleased as she can now have my Nokia 6085 (when her parents agree) & I will purchase a Pre-Paid SIM card for her. So everyone, including Ronni is happy! Thanks again. Cheers, Ronni On 03/07/2009, at 9:26 PM, Pete Smith wrote: > > 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 >>>> >>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo >>>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB >>>> OS X 10.5.7 >>>> Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
