Best of both mobile worlds - well amost.
Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 13:04
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3 has great mobile plans but their coverage sucks. But as of last week, 3 users can roam to Telstra's next G where there is no 3 coverage.
Previously I used 3 for around town then had a Telstra prepaid Next G sim. My monthly bill went from around $280 to $79 when I switched to 3 so I was reluctant to go back to Telstra perminantly for the privilage of rural coverage when I travel.
The catches seem to be that you must have a 850mhz capable phone, Nokia 8120 is my choice so I can have an external antenna, and the roaming is only to GSM in the cities where 3 is 'supposed' to have coverage. I read for methat internet speed is limited to about 4MBPS, but that is plenty for me.
So now I basically get Telstra's coverage for a third of the price.
Another option for people looking for country mobile coverage.