A win for Telstra marketing. Not.
In category General on 15 May 2007 @ 12:54 pm
Usng my mobile wireless all morning and that's all fine and good. Just using it to chat on msn and sync with exchange so Next-G speeds are totally useless but it's good that it's on.
I leave it connected and go on lunch. Should be fine. I come back and can't sign into msn anymore.
So now I can't use it? Eject the card and put it back in and wait a couple of minutes to reconnect and it's all good.
This plus the fact I could get CDMA coverage in certain areas using their old card and now can't even get enough Next-G signal to start a connection. I see this whole thing, (anyone buying devices on this network), as a credit to Telstra marketing. And that fact that you don't have a choice.
Vote [1] CDMA instead of this nonsense.
Maz
I leave it connected and go on lunch. Should be fine. I come back and can't sign into msn anymore.
So now I can't use it? Eject the card and put it back in and wait a couple of minutes to reconnect and it's all good.
This plus the fact I could get CDMA coverage in certain areas using their old card and now can't even get enough Next-G signal to start a connection. I see this whole thing, (anyone buying devices on this network), as a credit to Telstra marketing. And that fact that you don't have a choice.
Vote [1] CDMA instead of this nonsense.
Maz
NextG is CDMA. Same transmitters. Same everything really.
# Comment by thei on 15 May 2007 @ 06:01 pm
http://the-i.org/
# Comment by thei on 15 May 2007 @ 06:01 pm
http://the-i.org/
Get a NextG phone and try it in the same places if you'd like.
I have a few where you can compare before CDMA is phased out.
# Comment by Maz on 15 May 2007 @ 09:36 pm
I have a few where you can compare before CDMA is phased out.
# Comment by Maz on 15 May 2007 @ 09:36 pm
They cost too much. It sucks. All this talk of Australia's broadband penetration and speeds and things totally misses the point. I think broadband is fine in Australia as far as speed and penetration goes - it is fairly impressive really, given the remoteness of the place. What isn't fine is the cost. It costs heaps, for very little.
# Comment by thei on 15 May 2007 @ 10:27 pm
http://the-i.org/
# Comment by thei on 15 May 2007 @ 10:27 pm
http://the-i.org/
Yeah. We rated 38th and 44th for broadband cost and mobile cost in the world. That basically sums it up doesn't it?
Remoteness doesn't have much to do with it. The ratings are based on the number of people on 64kb or faster per 100 internet users. So basically you'd acheive a rating of 100% if you shut off dial-up. Kind of all useless statistics really.
# Comment by Maz on 16 May 2007 @ 09:43 am
Remoteness doesn't have much to do with it. The ratings are based on the number of people on 64kb or faster per 100 internet users. So basically you'd acheive a rating of 100% if you shut off dial-up. Kind of all useless statistics really.
# Comment by Maz on 16 May 2007 @ 09:43 am
# Comment by Maz on 15 May 2007 @ 12:55 pm