Sat Phone Rebates
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 at 14:29
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Farms
Hi,
I enquired about getting the rebate for a sat phone purchase and was told by a seller that I had to go onto a plan and be allocated a telephone number at the time of purchase. This was to stop people getting the rebate and then reselling the phone on e-Bay.
I was hoping to use my Telstra SIM card and use my current mobile account. Getting the international roaming enabled and the unblocking the 1900 numbers.
Has anyone done it the way I planned, without having to go one one of their plans. Are there any tips to getting it done this way.
Regards,
Farms
Reply By: V8 Cruiser Ute Paul - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 00:14
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 00:14
Gday I have a Inmarsat phone I purchased thru Satellite Phone Sales 1300 197 600 out of
Perth several years ago , there service was excellent . I did qualify for the rebate and have used the phone several times for emergencies . Have just bought another 100 minutes of credit for about $250 , this will last 1 year , small price to pay if it saves a life .
I fish ,
camp and 4WD alot out of
Broome , GRR,
Mitchell Plateau,
Fitzroy River , etc , no mobile service .
Give this a mob a call they are very helpfull
Hope this helps
regards
Paul
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Reply By: Mad Habits - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 09:11
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 09:11
Just saw this
Eligibility for rebate
Individuals may apply for one subsidy. Small businesses, educational institutions and community groups may apply for two subsidies. Indigenous corporations, health and emergency service organisations may apply for more than two handset subsidies.
Handsets must be connected to a satellite phone sim card at the time of purchase.
Doesn't look like your plan (using existing testra sim) would be eligable for the rebate. A prepaid sat sim would be though. That dealer is just trying to stitch you up!
Cheers!
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Reply By: Member - ross & chris - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:33
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:33
hi we bought a our satphone pro from isatphone ...we put in for the subsidy and received conformation a week later....so go into the goverment site and
check it out.. we got ours about july last year....as we were doing a big trip accross australia and we qualified for the amount of time we would be outside service area.....which a lot of tracks and areas dont in the outback SA.WA.NT. dont have and that you must be out of service for a total of 180 days over 2 years or 90 days per year...hope that helps
all we had to do was buy a prepaid card. so we have a casual account ...they also were one of the cheapest to buy from with good back up service...cheers
ross and chris
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Follow Up By: Farms - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:16
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:16
Hi
Ross,
when you filled out the subsidy application how much detail did you have to go into on Q20 to substantiate the the time spent outside mobile phone range.
Thanks for the reply.
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Reply By: Member - ross & chris - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 18:23
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 18:23
hi farms this is chris
i went into to much detail when applying for the subsidy... 3 pages worth that i attached to the form....i looked up all the
places we wanted to visit and most had no service unless you were in a town......because in some towns you have to be right in it to get some servce....we spend most of our camping out of towns and we like to sit. for a while.....so going to
cape york for instance for 3 months sitting in various
places fishing in great spots equates to 90 days without service...i guess you can make it simple or like me hard and gave the whole story of where we were going....by the way we got 50% off our isat phone pro..after it was approved we rang the dealer and told them we wouldnt be needing it for about 6 weeks ...part of the deal was to purchase airtime off them so we bought a $50 pre paid with sim card when we were heading off on our adventure....we keep the phone number given at purchase and when we want more air time when and wherever we are.... we buy more units for whenever we need it. they can be contacted 24/7 a day...you dont get 000 on this phone so we travel with each states royal flying doctor service numbers in our phone as they are on air 24/7...and can help you out by getting things done when in an emergecy..hope this helps...may be they have changed access to this subsidy since then.....but ring these people we mentioned they do it all over the phone and send anywhere in a australia....
hope this helps chris
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