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Michael - 04 Jan 2005 12:21 GMT

i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
8-dec-04.
must have slipped under the aus.comms.mobile radar

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Paul Day - 04 Jan 2005 15:41 GMT

> i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
> 8-dec-04.
> must have slipped under the aus.comms.mobile radar

Source on this goodie?

Wonder if there'll be any US carriers coming up soon too.

PD

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Paul Day - 04 Jan 2005 15:48 GMT

> > i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
> > 8-dec-04.
> > must have slipped under the aus.comms.mobile radar
>
> Source on this goodie?

Answerred my own question. :)

http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/products/overseas/roamingoutbound.cfm#cdma_roaming

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Michael - 04 Jan 2005 22:55 GMT

> > i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
> > 8-dec-04.
> > must have slipped under the aus.comms.mobile radar
>
> Source on this goodie?

www.telstra.com

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The Family - 05 Jan 2005 15:24 GMT

>> > i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
>> > 8-dec-04.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> www.telstra.com

Answered 7 hours earlier and much more usefully by Paul Day. Why do you
waste space Mikey?

(Referring someone to www.telstra.com is almost as useless and no referral
at all. Australia's biggest company by market cap with Australia's most
poorly organised web site. Says it all about the owner of the site, doesn't
it?)

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Michael - 06 Jan 2005 00:15 GMT

> >> > i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
> >> > 8-dec-04.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Answered 7 hours earlier and much more usefully by Paul Day. Why do you
> waste space Mikey?

I answered it as the question was asked of me, as I posted the "goodie"

> (Referring someone to www.telstra.com is almost as useless and no referral
> at all. Australia's biggest company by market cap with Australia's most
> poorly organised web site. Says it all about the owner of the site, doesn't
> it?)

The IntRoam section is pretty easily fonud and spelt out.
Some of the other sections are shite

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The Family - 05 Jan 2005 15:21 GMT

The nice bit is that it also works with CDMA Prepaid at present. However,
when CDMA Prepaid converts to Prepaid Plus next month, roaming will be
disalbled for Prepaid users.

Progress? Nah.

>i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
> 8-dec-04.
> must have slipped under the aus.comms.mobile radar

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Dave Ingram - 11 Jan 2005 09:12 GMT

> The nice bit is that it also works with CDMA Prepaid at present. However,
> when CDMA Prepaid converts to Prepaid Plus next month, roaming will be
> disalbled for Prepaid users.
>
> Progress? Nah.

The whole Prepaid 'plus' thing sucks. Converted my Hyundai CDMA account
into a GSM last week.

I missed the roaming in NZ by a month. I tried by handset over there on the
off chance. Any attempt to call referred me to Telecom NZ for assistance.
They tried but could do anything to help, but at least phone negotiated
their network.

The pricing for calls on CDMA is much better than with GSM. NZ->Aus and
NZ-NZ is only $0.57. Voda NZ charge A$2.08 for an NZ-NZ and A$3.88 for an
NZ->Aus call! Hopefully the competition from Telescum will make them drop
the price.

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thegoons - 12 Jan 2005 15:32 GMT

>> The nice bit is that it also works with CDMA Prepaid at present.
>> However, when CDMA Prepaid converts to Prepaid Plus next month, roaming
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> The whole Prepaid 'plus' thing sucks. Converted my Hyundai CDMA account
> into a GSM last week.

Why don't you port away to Vodafone with a $2 SIM and port back to Telstra
Prepaid "Plus" with the old Hyundai? That way you are eligible for the
following offer (not available to migrations within Telstra,. need to
port-in as a "new" customer):

"If you connect to a Telstra
Pre-Paid Plus CDMA service from 1 November 2004 until 13 February 2005, you
will receive double the value of your recharges for 12 months from
activation" - refer
http://www.telstra.com.au/customerterms/docs/promotions.pdf

> I missed the roaming in NZ by a month. I tried by handset over there on
> the off chance. Any attempt to call referred me to Telecom NZ for
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> NZ->Aus call! Hopefully the competition from Telescum will make them drop
> the price.

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TA 2000 - 26 Jan 2005 12:22 GMT

Michael Wrote:

> i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
> 8-dec-04.
> must have slipped under the aus.comms.mobile radar

Yes, telstra have talked about having outbound roaming agreements for
CDMA for the last 5 years, they've had inbound CDMA roaming argeements
for the last 5 years.

It will be interesting to see how country we will be able to roam to.

Regards
Tom

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thegoons - 30 Jan 2005 01:10 GMT

Telsra don;t give a rats about letting country-folk take their mobiles
overseas. Howard's got the senate soon so why would the Nationals give a
hoot!

> Michael Wrote:
>> i notice that Telstra CDMA have had CDMA outbound roaming with NZ since
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> Regards
> Tom

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Michael - 30 Jan 2005 08:13 GMT

> Telsra don;t give a rats about letting country-folk take their mobiles
> overseas. Howard's got the senate soon so why would the Nationals give a
> hoot!

Why would they not give a rats if they have just introduced it?

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thegoons - 31 Jan 2005 12:21 GMT

New Zealand? crikey, Ziggy just wound up the Hills Hoist antenna a bit
higher

>> Telsra don;t give a rats about letting country-folk take their mobiles
>> overseas. Howard's got the senate soon so why would the Nationals give a
>> hoot!
>
> Why would they not give a rats if they have just introduced it?

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