One of the main reasons for deciding to go NextG was to have "essential"
website access, such as personal bank account, weather forecast and
radar, Yellow and White Pages and one or two other sites that would be
useful when travelling.

Got an "anonymous" call on the NextG (Samsung A501). Went to answer,
caller hung up. A few mins. later, message bank alert. Check message.
Telstra annoucing that my new "video message bank" is ready to use. The
recorded message tells me to "press 1 to set up video message bank".

3 Australia claim they cannot unlock their mobile phones.
This is *BULLSHIT* because they can.  They choose *NOT* to unlock them,
which is totally different to saying they cannot!
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Currently looking at going to Vietnam and the UK, sick of paying exorbitant
roaming costs from Vodafone and nearly as exorbitant roaming from Telstra.
All advice appreciated.
John Mares

I am interested in this deal, but there seems to be a 15min, 200min/month
hard limit for the foxtel service.
Are there any plans better than this?
Thanks

whats your email address?

Anyone else played with Telstra EDGE yet, and if so, in what parts of the
country?
I've definitely confirmed it in Sydney and Melbourne - but apparently most
of the rest of the network is up and running with it.

My contract is up, I've been talked out of getting a new phone, so Im
sticking with my un-user-friendly-but-so-thin Motorola L7.
Just wondering what might be the best plan for a BYO cap. I think Ill have
to go on a plan for 2 years, but was thinking along the lines of $29 for

The 'new' digital radio network for the NSW railway according to
LateLine Business is based on the OneTel mobile network apparently.
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/business/items/200611/s1779229.htm
Wont be up till 2010

I have a hand-programmable pager that I'd like to have some fun with.
Can anyone recommend any Melbourne-based frequencies and capcodes of
interest? I am interested in maildrops of news and especially weather,
and also emergency services paging or other interesting content.

Good to see our media supporting the great Telstra sale. From the Daily
Telegraph (NSW):
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,20561651-14334,00.html
"big financial planning firms said they would recommend Telstra shares to

We have a band and want o be able to send out ring tones of our songs to those
who want them.
We have wav or MP3 files and a web site but need to know how we can send them
to mobile/cell phone numbers.

Can 3G phones be unlocked to operate on any another network besides
CDMA, please? Someone is selling a "3G" LG phone on eBay and it has
the 3 logo on the phone and they reckon its been unlocked?
In the USA they rate their phones for cochlear implant, hearing-aid