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Does anybody use their Telstra
home modem when they are traveling.
Cheers
Baker
Reply By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 13:47
Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 13:47
When I enquired, they said you can not use it away from your
home.
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Reply By: Notso - Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 14:32
Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 14:32
What type of modem are you asking about?
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Reply By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 15:33
Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 15:33
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If you mean your Telstra NBN modem then no, unless you have a very long optical fibre extension lead. haha
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Follow Up By: Member - Warren H - Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 15:36
Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 15:36
The Telstra NBN modems have a SIM card that cuts in and connects you to the their mobile network when the fixed line is down.
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 18:46
Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 18:46
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That is an option and good luck with it in non-serviced areas.
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Follow Up By: Member - Warren H - Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 20:39
Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 20:39
But as Stephen L wrote you aren't allowed to do it.
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Follow Up By: Michael H9 - Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 20:57
Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 20:57
If you're in a Telstra mobile signal area then the modem will work and give you internet. It's not NBN, just 4G, and you need a sim card in it or mobile dongle in the modem's USB port. The only advantage would be the ability to plug an ethernet cable to connect a device to the modem. If you're only using wifi you're better off hot spotting your phone.
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 at 08:31
Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 at 08:31
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And don't overlook that the Telstra modem will require a power supply, nominally 230vac.
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Reply By: Bob Y. - Qld - Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 20:54
Saturday, Dec 18, 2021 at 20:54
We don’t. The old girl would be really cheesed off, getting under the office table to disconnect it when there are other options.
We take one of these with us on trips away, and recharge it enough to last the journey.
Telstra 4GX Wi-Fi.
Otherwise, we just use email on both mobile phone and iPad 3G/WiFi.
I’ve also got a Celfi GO in my Landcruiser ute that improves reception by a good margin.
Bob
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Reply By: Ken O3 - Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 at 07:51
Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 at 07:51
You can certainly try to but as others note it just turns into a 4G s service. I did it several times at our country holiday house and after a day or so got a message from Telstra saying I must have an NBN cable fault and to contact NBN to lodge a fault report. Not sure how long you could continue to use it after that as we returned
home shortly after. I would seem Telstra has some sort of monitoring capability to see how often the modem defaults to the SIM card. A benefit [ ??] was that by connecting the holiday house telephone wiring to the modem our landline phone from
home also worked. Just what we needed to get all the scam calls, offers of stupid power monitors, water saving shower heads etc !
Ken
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 at 11:42
Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 at 11:42
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Telstra provide the 4G SIM card as a backup service in case of NBN failure to your wired premises. I'm sure they do not wish to provide mobile service to freeloaders and almost certainly operate monitor function on that service.
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Reply By: Paul W43 - Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 at 10:35
Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 at 10:35
Just tether your mobile to the laptop usb c to usb c.
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