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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / December 2005GPRS/UMTS FLAT in Australia?
Hello, I'm Italian and I'll be in Australia (in Runaway Bay, Gold Coast Qld) from January the 1st to February the 4th and I'd like to use internet on my notebook with my gprs/umts mobile phone without spending too much. What's the best (price, coverage, speed...) prepaid gprs/umts flat to be used in that place? Thank you very much in advance, Giampaolo > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thank you very much in advance, > Giampaolo Giampaolo, I don't like your chances in terms of UMTS outside of major cities. But in case of the Gold Coast you could be lucky. Check the websites below falls into that category. Three I am not familiar with Queensland infrastructure - maybe somebody local can help you there. I terms of FlatRate PlansI think Vodafone & 3 could be the best bet. AFAIK they were the only one's that included Data usage in some of their flat rate plans. I know Optus don't and I am fairly sure Telstra did not either. If you wanna do some reading: www.vodafone.com www.optus.com.au www.three.com.au www.telstra.com They are the UMTS players. HTH Leo Thank you very much for your answer, I think I'll chose Vodafone. In the site I've found the flat called "Data bunde, power use" at 49$/month that gives me 1 GB. Does someone knows it? Is it good as it seems? and what about the notebook configuration? Many thanks in advance Giampaolo > Thank you very much for your answer, I think I'll chose Vodafone. In > the site I've found the flat called "Data bunde, power use" at > 49$/month that gives me 1 GB. Where did you see that? I thought $49 gets you 300Mb; $99 = 1Gb. > Does someone knows it? Is it good as it seems? and what about the > notebook configuration? > Many thanks in advance > Giampaolo >Thank you very much for your answer, I think I'll chose Vodafone. In >the site I've found the flat called "Data bunde, power use" at [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Many thanks in advance >Giampaolo Vodafone is very good. You won't get 3G on the Gold Coast with them, you will get 2.5 G, which is much slower. The ONLY viable 3g coverage there is three.com.au. . Voda have a support site, http://wireless.vodafone.com.au . It's pretty easy. >he ONLY viable 3g coverage there is three.com.au. . And telstra.com.au.... >>he ONLY viable 3g coverage there is three.com.au. . > >And telstra.com.au.... My error, you are correct. >>he ONLY viable 3g coverage there is three.com.au. . > >And telstra.com.au.... My error, you are correct. I suggest you forget the mobile internet and buy a prepaid dialup package and use the 56k modem with your laptop computer, unless you need internet while away from a phone point. as well, internet cafes are numerous and fairly cheap. : Thank you very much for your answer, I think I'll chose Vodafone. In : the site I've found the flat called "Data bunde, power use" at [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : Many thanks in advance : Giampaolo I suggest that you forget dialup and mobile fones completely. Just use the broadband in your hotel room for about $5/hour or $20/day or use wi-fi at McDonalds (buy a Telstra prepaid card for the latter). >I suggest you forget the mobile internet and buy a prepaid dialup > package and use the 56k modem with your laptop computer, unless you need [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > : Many thanks in advance > : Giampaolo |
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