Wireless internet
Submitted: Monday, May 26, 2008 at 23:49
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Member - morry H (WA)
I am going to travel again and want to use wireless on my laptop. I have it at
home, but use primus. And use 1 gig a month. From what I can gather they do not have enough coverage.
I have searched and can only find Telstra with 1 gig which I need, They charge $80 month for that. I would like to see if there were other reliable wireless contracts available.
Ones that give a good reliable service.
Reply By: Member - BUCUS (WA) - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 00:12
Reply By: Member - morry H (WA) - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 00:18
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 00:18
Thanks for that, I did have a look at vodaphone but like you said the coverage up north didnt look very good at all. I think there were 3
places after
geraldton from memory. Not sure which
places now.
I will have to think about this.
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Reply By: Zebra400 - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 04:56
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 04:56
It really depends on where you are travelling to. Even Telstra has its limitations of network coverage in outback Oz.
Optus & Vodafone coverage is only in metropolitan areas in
Sydney, Central Coast,
Melbourne,
Canberra,
Brisbane, the
Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast,
Adelaide and
Perth.
Telstra covers a lot of rural towns. The best general map I found for Telstra coverage was on the Fone Zone site. Teltra's site requires you to put in a postcode, but no general map. You can check out Telstra's overall coverage at
Fone Zone
Of course the cost is the big issue. If you need coverage then Telstra is the way to go. But at $55 for 200 MB upload/download or $85 for 1GB & $115 for 3GB, it is not cheap when compared with the other networks. But I suppose you will have to pay if you want better outback coverage.
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Kath - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 08:02
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 08:02
For Telstra coverage it is easy but you must allow popups and you can get an idea by deciding which state of Australia you are going into. South Australia coverage covers a lot of Victoria and NSW too in the map.
What you have said isn't really right.
Telstra Maps from here
The others don't cut the mustard but are cheaper. Hope they get out of the cities soon as then Telstra will have to compete a bit more.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 11:33
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 11:33
Telstra is far too expensive.
Look at Bigpond same bucket different S**t
Try a 10hours a month for $34 fair usage applies.
Thats what I use and it works OK. I have a Bigpond 7.2 USB Mobile card which I bought new on Ebay for $149 RRP $339
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Kath - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 12:20
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 12:20
Telstra and Bigpond accounts are different pricing but the same network. I use the Telstra network and Bigpond account, Telstra phones for the (expensive) coverage
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 13:00
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 13:00
Thats what I was meaning I thought.
Looked ar Telstra plans and quickly decided that the other was far better.
How they can justify the difference is beyond me. All use the same
infrastructure so why the difference.
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Reply By: Member - Russnic [NZ] - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 15:01
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 15:01
Don't know the Vodafone coverage in WA. I used Vodafone last trip, good in Bris. struggled in
Toowoomba. waste of time further west. If the link doesn't work it will switch to a partner link and the cost sky-rockets. 3 weeks in Qld $800 just to check email & keep in touch with family. Most
places have Internet facilities. Vodafone will stay at
home next trip, stop have a yarn and for under $5 keep in touch.
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