Gems

Thanks will give them a call. Thought it was odd.
Gems

knockoff nige

Actually, I have a tom tom but wanted to try something on my Phone just for the convenience. What I like about the tom tom is the way it suggests points of interest at you current location or your destination. Very handy. Dont know if others do that. But like yours, it takes ages to find a signal at first. I may need a new iphone car holder as the one I have sits down by the gear stick.

Hutch

Yea, I get the P.O.I.s. exactly like the TomTom, near position, near address, near destination, in city etc. Search on address or post code, etc. I have a Belkin TuneBase for the phone, which is one of the few designed specifically to work with the 3GS. works fine.

welshviking

Would you mind telling me the resonable fee? What are the costs if you go over?

Do you mean text or MMS? If you can't even text that's ridiculous

Gems

I can text in Australia, but not to UK mobiles.
But daft thing is I can have a telephone call to the same UK mobile numbers!

Rang virgin and they say I should be able to text the UK mobiles if I can ring them and have a normal call.
They have passed my query on to the engineers.

Ive looked on my phone but cant see anything that is stopping the overseas texting.

Gems

welshviking

hmm, I'd be screaming over that. I know phone providers have deals with certain phone providers and not others in some countries. The 3 network is a ball ache to text from overseas usually.

Virgin being in both countries you'd think you be no problem?

Take it back!

quoll

Probably OT but have you checked that you have the numbers inputted properly? +44 (drop the zero) etc? Worth checking, every now and again I find that I have not put the international code in.

Gems

Yes, right code as I rang the number and can get through to them.

Gems

bcworld

It certainly has loads of content for Melbourne, has done for ages. Haven't tried it for anywhere else.

welshviking

Yes, but you need the + not 00 to text.

Dann2000

Just assumed everywhere gave unlimited Internet access!! Could prove expensive, cannot go 10 minutes without going online.

quoll

Oh dear, then you will need to take out a second mortgage!!!

Dann2000

Try 3rd mortgage unless pound strengthens up.

Taken from my iphone 10 minutes ago, we have snow (lots).

Hutch

Yea, well unfortunately Australia is largely untouched by concepts such as competition within the broadband and mobile phone markets. Telstra are the equivalent of B.T. (a once nationalised former monopoly) and they exploit the fact that they own the infrastructure. They also operate the largest and quickest of the 3G networks and they know full well that once you get outside the cities and largest towns it's Telstra or nothing.

So yes, you're about as likely to get unlimited internet access over here as you are a white Christmas. I just use wi-fi whenever possible - since I'm usually either at work or at home, I have wi-fi most of the time. It's one of those things you have to accept, just like you will with expensive ADSL with low caps and the piss-poor telly.

Gems

Thanks guys, got rid of the 00 and used + and it sent a text to UK!
Still a bit confused why 00 works with a phone call though on the same iphone.

Gems