CDMA any good

Hi Bundy Boy. CDMA will be turned off in February 2008 and will be replaced by the Telstra Next-G network. This will be about your only choice for country coverage and will (hopefully) expand to further locations as time goes by. A lot of people are experiencing reductions in coverage with CDMA already as the Next-G network is rolled out.
Cheers
Gerry

dont have tv?

Hi Bundy Boy,

If you are like me, you only watch ABC TV and therefore avoid the Telstra ads.

As GerryP responded correctly, NextG will be your only option in a few months. However, as well as the mobile phone issue, you may consider NextG Wireless for your laptop and SAVE on outgoing calls using services such as SKYPE @ $0.027/minute to call any land line number in the western world. (I think around $0.26/minute to mobiles within Oz)

We got severely burnt with mobile call costs on our first extended trip away last year. Now we make all our calls through SKYPE, when travelling or at home, at the above rates; our mobile phones are basically for receiving calls only. You can also surf the net anywhere within the NextG coverage with the wireless facility.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Shep

With the Next G phones not all are 850 Mhz UMTS Voice. Tlestra sent me a flyer to replace my current CDMA witha Samsung A701 and it is an 850 UMTS.

have a look at http://www.3gamericas.org/pdfs/HSDPA_Devices.pdf to determine if the model taht you are going to buy is what you want as most Next G units use the same as the 3G frequencies which is not what you want.

Ron

good to see you have the Pilot thing underway. Sorry i never got back to you about the conveyer belt but I was in the middle of changing jobs.
To answer the qustion I doubt if you can buy a new cdma.
I have a Next G LG TU 500 which comes with a car kit (without ariel thats extra) for 50 bux from any Telstra shop. I have the $40 plan but my missus has a $120 plan which gives her nearly a grands worth of calls. Just the thing if you are using it a fair bit out of boredom while on the road.
Next G reception should get better over the next 2 years

thanks all well now im knot shore what to do????? may just get a sat phone ......or on the other hand ...wire uplinks in the bush ? are there any pros n cons??
Darren