Sunday, Jun 22, 2003 at 13:56
Hi,
I don't use a car kit - just the handset which is a Hyundai HGC-610E. I guess a car kit would give you even greater coverage in country areas but in the city I've never wanted or needed it.
Yes, if you roam outside the
Orange network onto the Telstra CDMA network the costs do change.
Check with
Orange for the exact rates, as I'm not sure exactly what the roaming rates are.
The call rates whilst on the
Orange network are somthing like 30c for a ten minute call to ANY landline in Australia! 24hrs a day seven days a week. I think my mobile to mobile call costs are about 18c per 30 seconds which is also very cheap.
Since switching from Optus GSM to
Orange CDMA I've found coverage to be far superior, and without changin my call habits I'm saving between $30-$60 a month!
The ONLY downside that I can think of to switching to CDMA is that the handset choices are somewhat limited as you have to get a CDMA phone. Although unless you absolutely need the latest Nokia with built in camera and games this isn't an issue. The Hyundai handset I have is very functional, very small, and has a few handy built in functions like calendar/scheduler/calculator/stwopwath/WAP etc. My only negative thought about the handset is that the battery life of around 2-3 days between charges could be a little longer, alhtough this issue is largely alleviated if you van get them to throw in a free car charger to keep it topped up :)
Cheers,
Luke.
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