Tag Archives: Telstra
Wrong phone line
I’ve been in Adelaide for three weeks now and I still don’t have a proper phone connection. The story is like something you’d expect to hear from a third world country. To begin with, I rang the phone company (known … Continue reading
Text message cost scandal
Some simple research has proved what many people have known for a long time — Australians are being ripped off by telcos when it comes to the cost of text messaging. The standard flat rate for a text message at … Continue reading
New Year SMS peak
I filed a story on the newspaper website today about Optus expecting a record number of text messages to be sent in Australia on New Year’s Eve. I thought it was one of those quirky yarns that people would be … Continue reading
Google Android phone on Telstra
I have a new Google Android HTC Magic mobile phone working on the Telstra network. Telstra is not expected to offer the phone until later this year, and even then it will probably be an expensive purchase on a plan. … Continue reading
HTC Magic on Telstra
I have a HTC Magic Google Android phone working on the Telstra network in Australia. I bought the phone on eBay from Hong Kong and installed a ROM that added the Google features, including Android Market. I’ll write this weekend … Continue reading
Telstra marketing harassment
A story on The Age website talks about aggressive telemarketers acting for Telstra. TSA Telco Group has been contracted by Telstra to win back customers who have switched to a new telco. There are claims the company ignores the Do … Continue reading
Bigpond billing game
I cancelled my Bigpond wireless broadband account when I moved from Kalgoorlie to Mount Gambier. It wasn’t cheap at $89 a month for about 250MB of data and the kids broke the modem, so overall it was a lost cause … Continue reading
