Mobile Phone companies

[footy]

most people get telstra for 3g so they can get coverage out of town which = std charges.
adds up pretty quick

 

[Adds_05]

dont go vodafone whatever you do, im with crazy johns who use vodafone and its shocking,no reception etc, i cant wait till the contract is finished.

 

[cracker]

vodafone/3 are garbage wouldnt even consider them a provider, hopeless very happy with telstra 100 times better

 

[Troy711]

+1 for **** house Optus reception. I swear it's got worse in the last 12 months. When I'm working in a lot of the new suburbs in Canberra I have next to no service but everyone else who isn't with Optus have it.

I've heard that Amaysim are using Optus lines and putting money into them to improve service.

 

[walesy]

ive been prepaid optus for the last 7 years (even with the same phone number!) and i agree the reception in certain areas has gotten pretty bad, but i dont want to change to anyone else for the fact $50 credit gives me $400 calls/text, AND THE MAJOR ONE >> FREE facebook mobile haha,

no other provider gives free facebook and most people with an iphone who uses facebook knows it chews through credit like crazy! i prefer pre-paid so i know what im spending, and unlike my housemate i dont get "surprise" $800 bills when they go over their caps!

 

[MR_VX]

dont know how i go over it man, go fiugre, im constantly on the phone callling and textng...

that makes me laugh, if you constantly on the phone theres your problem lol

 

[DevilDRake]

Go 3, same plans as vodaphone, but better reception than it, for some reason.

 

[walesy]

Go 3, same plans as vodaphone, but better reception than it, for some reason.

doesnt vodaphone own 3?

 

[pow3rslave]

virgin have some sweet deals online, just hooked up a $49 smart cap, 300 bucks of calls, 2gb of data and unlimited local text. $49 a month including phone, and if you sign up online you get $43 paid off your bill for the first 3 months

 

[Astranomical]

ive been prepaid optus for the last 7 years (even with the same phone number!) and i agree the reception in certain areas has gotten pretty bad, but i dont want to change to anyone else for the fact $50 credit gives me $400 calls/text, AND THE MAJOR ONE >> FREE facebook mobile haha,

no other provider gives free facebook and most people with an iphone who uses facebook knows it chews through credit like crazy! i prefer pre-paid so i know what im spending, and unlike my housemate i dont get "surprise" $800 bills when they go over their caps!

Actually Telstra gives free Facebook - you just have to use 0.facebook.com rather than the main Facebook address. Either way, another vote here for Telstra...I switched from Vodafone last year...yeah - its a bit more expensive, but my phone actually works now! Even before I moved away from Bundaberg I noticed I had much better reception with Telstra, not to mention I also had coverage in places where I previously didn't (such as Woodgate) And here in Longreach, Telstra is pretty much a necessity - the nearest Vodafone tower is in Emerald I believe, and from what I've heard Optus reception around here is a joke.

Like anything else - you get what you pay for!!!