FYI - the $10 casual plan is still available from Telstra
Submitted: Monday, Mar 23, 2015 at 20:58
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Phil P
Hi all,
I got sick of swapping the SIM card from my iPhone and putting it in the Irridium phone with a SIM adapter every time I wanted to use it. So I printed off a brochure from Telstra that mentions the $10 casulal plan (good old Google search) walked into a Telstra
Shop in East Doncaster (
The Pines) and asked the salesman " can I please have a SIM on this plan ? ".
They struggled to find it at first but 10 minutes later I was back in my car with a new SIM. This was added to
my home phone/broadband account.
I contacted Telstra after the SIM was activated and enabled International Roaming, tested it and it works perfectly.
Just an FYI
Phil P
Reply By: Helen S2 - Saturday, Mar 28, 2015 at 19:22
Saturday, Mar 28, 2015 at 19:22
Thanks for that info, Phil. I've been thinking for a while about going down that path, so went into a Telstra
Shop and got one. The guy had to phone up for it, but did organise it for me.
Then I contacted Telstra by phone last night to have International Roaming enabled. Today tried it out in the Iridium (Iridium Extreme) and get the message "Sim card error. Please insert a valid sim card."
The SIM definitely works as I tested it in my phone, but I keep getting the error message with the Iridium. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Helen
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Sunday, Mar 29, 2015 at 02:30
Sunday, Mar 29, 2015 at 02:30
Hi
International roaming activation can take a while (i.e a day) ...plus they don’t like new customers sometimes (no credit rating). If not activated in next day or two ring again and threaten to change to another carrier (but - don’t mention word sat-phone, could confuse them).
Cheers
Greg
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Follow Up By: Helen S2 - Sunday, Mar 29, 2015 at 10:37
Sunday, Mar 29, 2015 at 10:37
Thanks Greg
I'll wait another day or two and try again. I have been avoiding the mention of sat-phone all along as not sure what the reaction would be... Will post a follow up later.
Helen
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Follow Up By: Helen S2 - Wednesday, Apr 01, 2015 at 15:03
Wednesday, Apr 01, 2015 at 15:03
At last, it is FINALLY working! :-)
They are dead serious when they say two business days...
Thanks again
Helen
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Apr 01, 2015 at 15:22
Wednesday, Apr 01, 2015 at 15:22
Good stuff
Happy
Easter
Cheers
Greg
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