CDMA Network closing Jan 2008

those telstra people are so nice just giving things away.. wish they would give me a phone.. :P

just ask them

my missus has one reception seems pretty good. It works out at site where gsm doesnt. $70 per month and over $500 worth of calls

so wahts the opening line- Hi there teenager.. give me a phone?

LMAO

Do you reckon that they will give me a new replacement for my "prepaid" CDMA phone?Sparky

All these questions!! I don't work for Telstra...RING em yourself and find out.

I was ringing up to complain about an error on my bill and ended up getting a new phone.

Oz Travellers, I believe that you will get one for free. Aquaintences have received one and I think they are sending them out in alphabetical order. Our prepaid hasn't been replaced yet but then our surname starts with P Might have a bit to go yet.

Funny, Mr Lexic, but your surname starts with a L. Dunno where you got the P from. Or is that something to do with Dyslexia??????
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I think you'll find your new phone is made by Zhongxing Telecom Equipment ZTE The company is based in Shenzhen, China.

Probably owned by Qualcomm then

Did you click the link? www.zte.com.au/main/index.htm

QUALCOMM and ZTE have numerous licensing agreements dating back to 2001. You can read the press releases here

So I was right in some aspects of the phone. I had seen Qualcomm mentioned somewhere in paperwork I received and seeing as my old CDMA was made by them I was pleased to have such a quality built phone. Time will tell if it lasts the distance. I only use the phone sporadically.

"industry sources say those users simply don't want to watch Foxtel and download music videos to their phones."
YES perfecty happy with the functions of my 4 year old cdma Kyocera

and up to 200km is being mentioned.

ONLY WITH A BOOSTER TOWER, NEXT G NORMAL TOWERS HAVE A RANGE OF 140KM AND CDMA HAS 160-180KM

same here.

I took up the LG on offer and have been very impressed with it's coverage thus far, including a few places that my CDMA wouldn't work.

So what is a good phone to get at the moment cos Im needing to change mine over and can you get one with a car kit, not just the hands free thingy???

Nokia brought out 2 phones but they failed.....and the one they are bringing out soon will cost over $1000 .....

Laura

where did you get that unlimited calls deal to your missus? mine has just got a next G and has a $70 plan $500 worth of calls or something. Now she is in kal it sounds handy

Diver 1, the LG TU 500 is the one you want. I went on to a $40 plan and it came for free. The beauty of this car kit is you can hard wire, not patch, a vehicle mounted external aerial which boosts reception significantly.

Davoe, I have an ABN. Put both phones on the same account and you should be able to get two LG TU 500's for $40 each with car kits. By arranging it this way all calls between these mobiles will be free for a maximum of 10 minutes per call. If you want to talk longer simply hang up and call back. The cost savings are massive.

Now I have to put a disclaimer as I haven't done any big trips since I purchased this phone, but so far it works a treat everywhere whereas my CDMA would fail.

If you don't have an ABN, consider getting one. They do not cost much. I used to do similar work to you and went in as a sub-contractor meaning I could claim vehicle expenses, communication costs etc. Talk to your accountant first but you may find significant benefits in this structure. Depends on your employer too.

Can't help you with answers to what Optus are offering, but all Optus CDMA is simply airtime purchased from Telstra.

Telstra are the only operators of the CDMA network.

So once they switch it off, that will be it for all carriers.

Optus will try and migrate you to their 3G GSM service as they have no CDMA of there own as mentioned above.

Telstra are not offering Next "G" access to their competition so you either move to Telstra or continue you're support of a foreign owned company with a service that won't work outside the capital city's.