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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / March 2004$2500 mobile bill, need help
Hi, I am looking to get a Phone and Plan for my girlfriend (she's studying) and she will basically use it just to call two numbers, my Home Phone and my Mobile. Sometime we will be talking 3+hours a day. She has been using a pre-paid mobile, and I just call her back when she rings (so I pay) but last month my bill was $2500... so I decided to look around at a cheaper alternative. I am on Telstra for both my Landline and Mobile, oh and she does not have a landline, and cant get one so there will always be a mobile involved. So do you guys know any plans that would be good for our situation? I dont mind changing carriers btw. To sum up basically a plan that allows calls between two numbers (mobile/landline or-and mobile/mobile) to be made cheaply. During the day it will be mobile to mobile (she studies and I work) and at night 6-12 it can be either mobile to mobile or landline to mobile. I have done some research and am thinking of doing the following, get her a telstra pre-paid mobile (can make unlimited capped calls @ $1.5 from home landline to any telstra mobile 7am-12) and get my self an orange mobile. That way we can talk for hours at night and during the day we can talk in 10 minute lots (most conv during day are between 2-30 min). What do you guys think? Also do you guys have any opinions on Orange? Can you use a Nokia 7600 on thier network (I dont think so, but...) my only gripe atm wih Orange is thier handsets all look like pos. Is there anyway to use other phones (CDMA capable I guess) on thier network via unlocking or anyother ticky things? Thanks all. moresp4m@hotmail.com (Morespam) wrote in news:bf9dde02.0403020009.7e315532 @posting.google.com: <snip> > What do you guys think? get another girfriend, fug me $2500 a MONTH !!! My business's 7 phone lines don't rack up that much in calls ! I gotta buy more TLS shares if this is what people are spending !  SignatureTrevor S "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." -Albert Einstein > She has been using a pre-paid mobile, and I just call her back when > she rings (so I pay) but last month my bill was $2500... so I decided > to look around at a cheaper alternative. > Also do you guys have any opinions on Orange? Can you use a Nokia > 7600 on thier network (I dont think so, but...) my only gripe atm wih 3 might be the answer there. 7600 is on the 3 network, with Orange call prices. Have a look at www.three.com.au and www.orange.net.au orange: 11c sms to all networks free sms to orange free 5 minute calls to orange all the time also, "landline rate saver" = 24c for first 10 minutes to local & long distance numbers in australia 24/7 might look into buying one of them for her, so she can call you at home during the nights with the five minute free calls you might get one as well, free orange-orange sms should help too. -mark sh.t! She'd want to be good in the sack for that phone bill! : ) You will probably be looking for a pre-paid account after that effort. As far as I know the 7600 is a GSM phone, so forget it on Orange. I'm sure all the main GSM carriers have deals for calling select mobiles. I'm with Vodafone and I have 5 other Vodafone numbers I can ring cheaply. 73 de Simon, VK3XEM. "3" have a $99 cap if u spend up to $500 in calls if i recall. so u can make $499 worth of calls and only pay $99. Im thinking of switching to them as 3G handsets are becoming less "brickish" and more normal http://three.com.au/index.cfm?section=Explore&pid=450&pageid=1615 HTH > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Thanks all. > "3" have a $99 cap if u spend up to $500 in calls What happens if you make $,000s of calls? > > Home Phone and my Mobile. Sometime we will be talking 3+hours a day. For that sort of connectivity, better to get 2 CBs or even a trunked 2-way radio system. Don't they allow you to make phone calls? Probably cheaper than $2500 a month. I have a Vodafone plan that gives you 200 minutes a month free calls to landline. You would use that up in one night. >I have a Vodafone plan that gives you 200 minutes a month >free calls to landline. You would use that up in one night. I had that $9 plan but with the 400 minutes offer. Got rid of it last month. > >I have a Vodafone plan that gives you 200 minutes a month > >free calls to landline. You would use that up in one night. > > I had that $9 plan but with the 400 minutes offer. Got rid of it last > month. Did anyone accept your offer of a Transfer-of-Ownership>? >> "3" have a $99 cap if u spend up to $500 in calls > > What happens if you make $,000s of calls? he might be on a cheap plan, where $2500 only buys you maybe 3000 minutes. You'll get more talktime out of three's cheaper plans because the call rates are lower. You guys should both get Three phones (if you can) for talking to each other. 10 minute free calls between Three phones, any time of day. Should cut down your mobile spend a fair bit :) Needless to say, you can get up to some pretty cool stuff with your girlfriend using 3's video talk ;) > You guys should both get Three phones (if you can) for talking to each > other. 10 minute free calls between Three phones, any time of day. Should > cut down your mobile spend a fair bit :) wtf??? $2500???? don't you see her or something?? when my gf was in india for six months my bills still didn't get anything like that and india is over $1 a minute!!! > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Thanks all. Marry the bitch, might be cheaper, but then again?? | Hi, | | I am looking to get a Phone and Plan for my girlfriend (she's | studying) and she will basically use it just to call two numbers, my | Home Phone and my Mobile. Sometime we will be talking 3+hours a day. > Marry the bitch, might be cheaper, but then again?? If she's high maintenance then it ain't just the phone bill rising ;-) You guys are obviously having some ling distance thing over the internet - because there is no way you could spend that much on phone calls if you lived in the same city. Your also spending far too much time on the phone. Limit the calls to 3 - 5 mins per day. > > Marry the bitch, might be cheaper, but then again?? > > If she's high maintenance then it ain't just the phone bill rising ;-) > You guys are obviously having some ling distance thing > over the internet - because there is no way you could > spend that much on phone calls if you lived in the same city. Not a clue, as always. MOBILE rates are higher than long distance rates, stupid. its not a phone bill you need help with you need to see a doctor about your prob ffs $2500 in a month shoot the bitch > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Thanks all. What a load of bullshit. If you are posting in a newsgroup, you are not a luddite. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Thanks all. > What a load of bullshit. If you are posting > in a newsgroup, you are not a luddite. He's one of those hypocrite luddites. > > Hi, > > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > > > Thanks all. |
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