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Old Aug 19th 2003, 2:37 pm
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i have recently purchased an australian sim card in advance for my trip to oz in jan 04 for 12 months, i was wondering how vodaphone compaired with other mobile operators over in oz.

and what like was the coverage around oz, im not going to change it but just needed to know what people have thought of them that used them.

i will be using a payg sim with my phone which will be unlocked before i go
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Originally posted by brian.w
i have recently purchased an australian sim card in advance for my trip to oz in jan 04 for 12 months, i was wondering how vodaphone compaired with other mobile operators over in oz.

and what like was the coverage around oz, im not going to change it but just needed to know what people have thought of them that used them.

i will be using a payg sim with my phone which will be unlocked before i go

Hi,
I used payg vodafone while in Oz and will use them again when I go back this year. Virgin boast better coverage but the service I got from them wasn't worth the hassle,hanging on for hours trying to get through to customer services etc! Signal can be a bit intermittent in remote areas but generally OK for travelling.
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Old Aug 20th 2003, 12:01 pm
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Originally posted by brian.w
i have recently purchased an australian sim card in advance for my trip to oz in jan 04 for 12 months, i was wondering how vodaphone compaired with other mobile operators over in oz.

and what like was the coverage around oz, im not going to change it but just needed to know what people have thought of them that used them.

i will be using a payg sim with my phone which will be unlocked before i go
Out of interest, where did you get the card from. I'm off to Aus in October and had thought about getting a SIM card whilst I was there - but if I can get one before I go, so much the better.


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Old Aug 20th 2003, 1:00 pm
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Following on from this, which are the service providers in Oz? Are there four/five, like in England?
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Old Aug 20th 2003, 1:36 pm
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Originally posted by brian.w
i have recently purchased an australian sim card in advance for my trip to oz in jan 04 for 12 months, i was wondering how vodaphone compaired with other mobile operators over in oz.

and what like was the coverage around oz, im not going to change it but just needed to know what people have thought of them that used them.

i will be using a payg sim with my phone which will be unlocked before i go
what was the reason for buying one before you come?

some mobiles don't work over here when a new sim is put in them. My girlfriends phone wouldn't work, that was Ericsson T? (can't remember the number, but it was only a couple of years old), where as mine did (and that was 4 years old).

Coverage around Perth is fairly good, move out the main areas and it's a bit patchy.
 
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Following on from this, which are the service providers in Oz? Are there four/five, like in England?
Telstra, Optus, Virgin, Vodafone, 3......off the top of my head, sure there's others.
 
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Is there one that most people use?
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Old Aug 20th 2003, 1:54 pm
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Is there one that most people use?
Couldn't really tell you what the spread is, I originally used Vodafone, and am now currently on Optus. I only changed because they were the only ones selling the phone i wanted.

3 have being pushing hard lately, they are selling the video phones and seem quite popular, infact they are practically giving the phones away.

The other companies I haven't any experience of, depends what kind of package/deal you want.
 
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Thanks, appreciate that info. I'm expecting the same mobile phone sharks over in Oz as there are in England though!
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Default Re: voadpahone sim card australia info

Originally posted by owieb
what was the reason for buying one before you come?
A previous poster on this subject decided to get a sim first so they could have an Australian phone number to put on CV's for sending out just prior to, or immediately on, arrival in Australia.


(there are older posts on this ng where the various providers have been discussed)
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Old Aug 20th 2003, 3:40 pm
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Originally posted by young_lad
(there are older posts on this ng where the various providers have been discussed)
after a quick search here's a couple....

thread 1

thread 2

thread 3



there are probably more threads to be found
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