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- MrSpiffy, on 07/10/2008, -2/+129Hahah, Canadians have no idea what a bad deal is.
Welcome to Australia, Telstra lives here. - submitedby, on 07/10/2008, -0/+78what the hell can you do with 5mb of data?
- SamusAu, on 07/10/2008, -0/+75That's Telstra for you, all of their data services are utterly retarded.
- Archaic1, on 07/10/2008, -1/+53"LEAVE BRITNEY AL-..."
- StriferDiem, on 07/10/2008, -0/+42***** Telstra.
- MPimagery, on 07/10/2008, -0/+39Telstra fail, Vodafone fail, Optus barely win
- Wojzilla, on 07/10/2008, -0/+37The sad thing is so many people will sign up with Telstra/Bigpond because it's who they've been with for the last xx years. I can't understand how a company offering such bad value for money actually gets any signups.
- soadownz, on 07/10/2008, -0/+37Hellstra have a stranglehold on telecomunications in this country, they are pretty much the only thing really holding us back / keeping us in the stone age.
- johnconn, on 07/10/2008, -0/+33Enjoy several seconds of a youtube video clip?
- bawpcwpn, on 07/10/2008, -3/+35Vodafone copped out too. Optus FTW!
- VOOK, on 07/10/2008, -1/+31The Chaser was right he really is an Ass-sol
- Bigtruck, on 07/10/2008, -0/+30Simple answer: Boycott Telstra.
Let market forces do what they do best. If you can’t compete, go out of business and make way for a company that can. - cyrax83, on 07/10/2008, -0/+285 MB of data used up in ... 3..2..1... now for $2 a mb..
- LimeParrot, on 07/10/2008, -1/+28Load left half of naked lady. Use mirror for full image.
- johnconn, on 07/10/2008, -0/+23Australian mobile phone carriers have simple NO idea. This is completely unbelievable. I had thoughts that the iPhone's release in Australia would turn the mobile data market on it's head. I was clearly dreaming.
With 3G pulling data in at 1.5Mb/s you can burn through 80Mb of data in less than 2 minutes...pfft. - aagius, on 07/10/2008, -0/+20Sweet Jesus - I feel sorry for the people out in the sticks who need Telstra as it's their only choice for mobile coverage. 5MB is ***** useless. At least make it 50MB! It can't be that expensive, Telstra own the goddamn pipes!
- Blax, on 07/10/2008, -4/+23Australia at least has options for the iPhone. Three providers have it, and Optus is giving you guys a decent deal.
Welcome to Canada, monopolies live here. - johnconn, on 07/10/2008, -0/+16I think Telstra had a chance to win people back with the right kind of plans... Chance now blown. FAIL.
- LimeParrot, on 07/10/2008, -0/+15I made a comment on the Rogers' digg page about how Australia's plans would be much much worst. I don't think they believed me!
- bonjourmr, on 07/10/2008, -1/+16The telecommunications industry in Australia is prehistoric, its a bunch of ***** actually. We have no idea.
Telstra and the Government have a lot to do with it, regarding things like competition, updating infastructure, pricing and much more.
We've got it, we've got it bad. - johnconn, on 07/10/2008, -0/+15If you burn through you 5Mb in 3 seconds, what are you supposed to do for the remaining 2 629 740.83 seconds in the month..? 2 bucks a Mb? C'mon!
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=seconds+in+a+mon ... - BeauGiles, on 07/10/2008, -0/+12For anyone who has no idea what VOOK is on about > listen to http://www.last.fm/music/Andrew+Hansen/_/Ass+Sol
- jackwebster, on 07/10/2008, -0/+12Telstra: The Australian *****
- CM23099, on 07/10/2008, -0/+12***** Telstra. I hope Kevin07 breaks them up for the NBN.
- onejosh, on 07/10/2008, -2/+13Telstra and Vodafone are really banking on iPhone purchasers being complete nobs. They don't understand that iPhone purchasers are informed purchasers, that's why they are buying an iPhone. Optus's plans are normal, Vodafone and Telstra have had a month to try and figure out how to compete with Optus and today they give us this .... what a rip off.
Optus already has 20,000 per-orders for the iPhone and already has 25,000 iPhone 2G customers using jailbroken iPhone 2G's.
The good news is that if you really desperately want an iPhone tomorrow there will be guaranteed stock available at all your local Telstra stores lol. - skyfox2k, on 07/10/2008, -0/+11Unless she's at a slight angle, in which case OH GOD?!
- lordtyros, on 07/10/2008, -0/+11What market forces do best is ***** the consumer.
- magicRob, on 07/10/2008, -0/+10Vodafone are just as bad... http://store.vodafone.com.au/iphone/
Looks like Optus win by default, and even their plans are a bit ordinary too.
These guys are all offering wireless broadband with many gigabytes of data at prices that are somewhat reasonable, yet when it comes to data usage via your phone, nope, sorry, can't do that. They're quite happy to bundle lots of talk time with these, just forget that what makes the iPhone tick is it's ability to do all the data things with little to no effort...
Massive Loss! - virtualonliner, on 07/10/2008, -1/+11Day after day, we are getting news about these ***** up iPhone deals all over the world. Is it time to say say, ***** iPhone plans yet?
- chaoswings, on 07/10/2008, -0/+9Sadly I have to agree with lordtyros. The large majority are either:
a) Not well informed
b) bought it on an impulse
c) have no other choice because of a monopoly.
d) Are retarded and got sucked into one of those limited time offers.
The monopoly point is especially valid when you talk about cabled services. People cannot just pick up and move as they would like. - gikku, on 07/10/2008, -1/+10Telstra? they still kicking around? WOW!
- Ramzy, on 07/10/2008, -1/+10What are you taking about? Optus want $179 p/month for 1GB of data.
They're completely useless too.
http://tinyurl.com/6ns6jw
http://tinyurl.com/6lc4gn - bchang, on 07/10/2008, -0/+8Yes, but you have multiple carriers providing the Iphone.
In Canada its Rogers and only Rogers. - r4ge, on 07/10/2008, -0/+7http://www.vodafone.co.nz/iphone/plans.jsp
- christhechris, on 07/10/2008, -0/+7Telstra rips you off you with data chrages on all of its services...
- dalesmatrix, on 07/10/2008, -0/+7Such a missed opportunity, way to set back mobile application development in Aus by a couple years Telstra. Not that the other carriers are much better, with Optus scraping into the "barely acceptable" category. At least Optus allow prepaid and unlocking, so you can take your shiny new iPhone to a carrier with better data plans such as Virgin for $15 for 1GB.
- onejosh, on 07/10/2008, -1/+8Step 1: Buy a prepaid iPhone from Optus
Step 2: Walk to Three store
Step 3: Happiness - bleevo, on 07/10/2008, -0/+6You mean this is the straw that broke the horses back? Where you been telstra have always been blood sucking *****. What surprises me is vodaphone and optus have followed telstras lead. PATHETIC
- bleevo, on 07/10/2008, -0/+6What a load of crap. I refuse to buy an iphone and pay $100 ($120 for telstra) month for 1GB of data. My current phone rings and sends text just fine. Only reason I want the iphone is the increased online capability.
To all those fan boys who argue 1GB of data is enough whats wrong with your current phone, are you buying some jewelery or next gen product. - bleevo, on 07/10/2008, -2/+8As much as I would like to agree with you alot of iphone/ipod buyers are buying because apple is Chic, but hey lets be optimistic!
- christhechris, on 07/10/2008, -0/+6They do own all the phone lines basicly...
- N00F, on 07/10/2008, -0/+6Austrailian telcos, what magnificent bastards!
- opiniastrous, on 07/10/2008, -0/+6Optus is fine. You just need to make sure you choose the right plan for you.
I was going to get the 16GB on a 24 month-long $39 plan (roughly what I use normally every month) with the 100 free text option (freeing up talk time). It would come with 500MB data, which is fine because Internet sites tend to optimise their pages for mobile phones, and I've got an HSDPA modem on my notebook computer and WiFi in my house. On top of that, the plan had roll over (unused credit goes to the next month) and roll back (going over the plan's assigned shortens the contract length).
It would have been brilliant for me anyway. Unfortunately, after travelling two and a half hours to get to the George St midnight launch in Sydney, I was rejected on my credit history. It's not that I've had bad debt, it's just that I've never had to take out a loan and I've always found direct debit a more convenient way to pay my bills.
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I'm hurting. Maybe even more than when I crash landed my parachute the other day. - TnTBass, on 07/10/2008, -5/+11Dugg for making rogers a verb:
"I suppose if you are going to roger your customers..." - LordSeth, on 07/10/2008, -1/+7Man this sucks. Telstra is my option for coverage but I cant afford those costs....
- rdolishny, on 07/10/2008, -1/+6I love how the world now knows "worse than Rogers" as a metaphor for "high suckage". You can't buy that kind of publicity.
I will say this about us Canadians. We are pretty tech savvy and knew we were being fleeced weeks ago. It's kinda funny reading about "we suck too" three hours after the device goes on sale in NZ, Australia, even the Danes are like WTF and rightfully so. Go Canada! - bsharitt, on 07/10/2008, -1/+6While I still don't like the cellphone companies here in the US, I don't feel as ripped off now.
- reni10, on 07/10/2008, -0/+5Optus, Telstra and Vodafone are absolute IDIOTS!
Who in their right mind would want to mess up the biggest launch of a mobile phone that Australia has ever seen!?!
Vodafone need market share in Australia so you would think this would be the best opportunity they would ever have but oh no lets just gouge the money out of people and basically lose customers to other carriers faster!
I for one hope to see Vodafone SUFFER VERY BADLY because of their STUPID short sighted ideas. - WillJS, on 07/10/2008, -0/+5Sucks for you guys :(
- BlackJackJester, on 07/10/2008, -1/+6This is what happens with a lack of competition.
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