My mobile phone plan with Telstra expires soon, or so I’ve been told four times in the past week. In addition to answering four calls from salespeople I’ve missed about six calls to my phone from the same Melbourne number. When the first bloke rang, I told him to email the information. “No worries,” he [...]
Wireless broadband at Falcon
I’ve been silently cursing Telstra while on holiday at Falcon, near Mandurah, for the poor wireless broadband connection. Considering that Telstra’s prices are double those of competitors, their wider coverage is an important selling point. But after reading the Mandurah Mail today I realise it’s not Telstra’s fault. Apparently they applied to Mandurah City Council [...]
Telstra’s future
Telstra’s group managing director for public policy, Dr Phil Burgess, arrived in Kalgoorlie-Boulder this evening for a flying visit. He came straight from the airport to a private dinner with business and community representatives at the Cornwall Hotel. I was pleased to be among the small group of a dozen people. It’s not often you [...]
New JasJam phone
I bought an i-mate JasJam smartphone on eBay for A$650. It had been used as a demo version for some purpose, but was virtually new. I didn’t really need it, but I love gadgets and this is my Christmas and birthday present. I’d like to install Windows Mobile 6, but I’m worried about turning it [...]
Bigpond and Gmail
I use Gmail for most of my personal email. In the past week I’ve been getting a lot of error messages, basically whenever I send something to a Bigpond address. At first I thought I might have had the wrong address for a particular person. I updated my contact book and tried again. In the [...]
