Dear Pete,
Could you please send me a copy of your spreadsheet off list?
Warm regards
Ken
0419 189 731
On 07/07/2009, at 10:45 PM, Pete Smith wrote:
Hi Chris.
I'll send it to you off list.
Regards,
Pete Smith
smudd...@internode.on.net
On 07/07/2009, at 20:55 PM, c...@it.net.au wrote:
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
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