Telstra to turn on 3G marvel next month

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:39:53 +1000 Graeme Willox may have written:
> Telstra's website shows a promotion for the "Next G" network. It
> allows people to register to be notified when it's launched. That
> doesn't suggest to me that they're quite ready to officially launch
> it.

Been showing that for well over a week. Who's to say it won't change to
"It's here!" after The Mex makes his big announcement today?

PD

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Graeme Willox <[email protected]> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote

>> Yep, since the mex is sposed to be doing the spruik today.

>> Intel Inside <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I suppose we'll find out tomorrow if they were right...

>>> Intel Inside <[email protected]> wrote

>>>> "TELSTRA is expected to switch on its brand new and national $1.1
>>>> billion third-generation mobile network as soon as October 6, three
>>>> months earlier than planned as part of an attempt to spruik
>>>> interest in T3." in today's issue of www.smh.com.au

> Telstra's website shows a promotion for the "Next G" network. It
> allows people to register to be notified when it's launched. That
> doesn't suggest to me that they're quite ready to officially launch it.

Sure, but nothing would surprise me with the stupid
****s who do that pathetic excuse for a web site.

They cant even manage a decent search, let
alone keep track of what the mex is up to.

Nick Adams <[email protected]> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote

>> Yep, since the mex is sposed to be doing the spruik today.

> Officially announced to the ASX an hour or so ago

Bugger, I was hoping he was planning to say he was going home |-)

Nick Adams <[email protected]> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote

>> Yep, since the mex is sposed to be doing the spruik today.

> Officially announced to the ASX an hour or so ago

Looks like Optarse sabotaged the actual presentation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...0/s1757096.htm

Paul Day wrote:

> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:39:53 +1000 Graeme Willox may have written:
>> Telstra's website shows a promotion for the "Next G" network. It
>> allows people to register to be notified when it's launched. That
>> doesn't suggest to me that they're quite ready to officially launch
>> it.
>
> Been showing that for well over a week. Who's to say it won't change to
> "It's here!" after The Mex makes his big announcement today?

Just visited the Telstra website. It has a "Telstra 850" phone which is
now available. I'm looking at it. Dunno who makes it. Looks flashy
enough, though. Doesn't mean that it's any good, of course.

Also trying to find what areas of coverage there is. No luck, so far.

It's my upgrade path. But I'm loathe to turn off my CDMA phone only to
find that the new service has limited, if any, coverage.

"Intel Inside" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I suppose we'll find out tomorrow if they were right...

Of course they were
>
>
> "Intel Inside" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "TELSTRA is expected to switch on its brand new and national $1.1 billion
>> third-generation mobile network as soon as October 6, three months
>> earlier than planned as part of an attempt to spruik interest in T3."
>>
>> in today's issue of www.smh.com.au
>>
>>
>
>

"Graeme Willox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Rod Speed wrote:
>> Yep, since the mex is sposed to be doing the spruik today.
>>
>> Intel Inside <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I suppose we'll find out tomorrow if they were right...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Intel Inside" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> "TELSTRA is expected to switch on its brand new and national $1.1
>>>> billion third-generation mobile network as soon as October 6, three
>>>> months earlier than planned as part of an attempt to spruik interest
>>>> in T3." in today's issue of www.smh.com.au
>>
>>
> Telstra's website shows a promotion for the "Next G" network. It allows
> people to register to be notified when it's launched. That doesn't
> suggest to me that they're quite ready to officially launch it.

Wake up Jack. Its been switched on for days. All the plans were released
today

"Emjaye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Paul Day wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:39:53 +1000 Graeme Willox may have written:
>>> Telstra's website shows a promotion for the "Next G" network. It
>>> allows people to register to be notified when it's launched. That
>>> doesn't suggest to me that they're quite ready to officially launch
>>> it.
>>
>> Been showing that for well over a week. Who's to say it won't change to
>> "It's here!" after The Mex makes his big announcement today?
>
> Just visited the Telstra website. It has a "Telstra 850" phone which is
> now available. I'm looking at it. Dunno who makes it. Looks flashy
> enough, though. Doesn't mean that it's any good, of course.
>
> Also trying to find what areas of coverage there is. No luck, so far.
>
> It's my upgrade path. But I'm loathe to turn off my CDMA phone only to
> find that the new service has limited, if any, coverage.

If any? What kind of an idiot are you?

You think there isnt one base station on?!

EVERY CDMA base now has a 3G 850 transmitter on it.
From launch
>

Michael wrote:
> "Graeme Willox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>> Yep, since the mex is sposed to be doing the spruik today.
>>>
>>> Intel Inside <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I suppose we'll find out tomorrow if they were right...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Intel Inside" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> "TELSTRA is expected to switch on its brand new and national $1.1
>>>>> billion third-generation mobile network as soon as October 6, three
>>>>> months earlier than planned as part of an attempt to spruik interest
>>>>> in T3." in today's issue of www.smh.com.au
>>>
>> Telstra's website shows a promotion for the "Next G" network. It allows
>> people to register to be notified when it's launched. That doesn't
>> suggest to me that they're quite ready to officially launch it.
>
> Wake up Jack. Its been switched on for days. All the plans were released
> today
>
>

How do you suppose anyone would know it has been "switched on for days"
if the plans were only available to consumers from today?

Michael wrote:

>> find that the new service has limited, if any, coverage.
>
> If any? What kind of an idiot are you?

Sames kind as you, perhaps?
>
> You think there isnt one base station on?!

No. I am saying that it would be annoying that what if cells that are
turned on wouldn't be where I would rely on them for coverage.

> EVERY CDMA base now has a 3G 850 transmitter on it.
> From launch

Yeah, well, we're not in the priviliged position such as yourself to
know such finer details. If this is the case then CDMA can be switched
off tomorrow, given that Telstra has repeatedly said that CDMA will be
turned off when 850 coverage is the same or better than CDMA.

Anyway, I think that I'll wait. New technology invariably has bugs in it
and relies on the paying customers to "beta test" it. Besides, none of
the phones have all the features that I need.

Michael wrote:

> Wake up Jack. Its been switched on for days.

If this is the case, how has Telstra been testing the network during its
commissioning phase? Or does it hope that when it's turned on that it'll
work "out of the box"?

Graeme Willox wrote:

> How do you suppose anyone would know it has been "switched on for days"
> if the plans were only available to consumers from today?

Michael's a pretentious twat who has this opinion that if you don't have
the same "inside" info as he then you're an idiot.

Says a lot for a lot of the people who allegedy work for Telstra.

"Graeme Willox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Michael wrote:
>> "Graeme Willox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>> Yep, since the mex is sposed to be doing the spruik today.
>>>>
>>>> Intel Inside <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> I suppose we'll find out tomorrow if they were right...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Intel Inside" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>> "TELSTRA is expected to switch on its brand new and national $1.1
>>>>>> billion third-generation mobile network as soon as October 6, three
>>>>>> months earlier than planned as part of an attempt to spruik interest
>>>>>> in T3." in today's issue of www.smh.com.au
>>>>
>>> Telstra's website shows a promotion for the "Next G" network. It allows
>>> people to register to be notified when it's launched. That doesn't
>>> suggest to me that they're quite ready to officially launch it.
>>
>> Wake up Jack. Its been switched on for days. All the plans were released
>> today
>
> How do you suppose anyone would know it has been "switched on for days" if
> the plans were only available to consumers from today?

There is a difference b/w the network being on, and plans being sold

"Emjaye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Michael wrote:
>
>> Wake up Jack. Its been switched on for days.
>
> If this is the case, how has Telstra been testing the network during its
> commissioning phase? Or does it hope that when it's turned on that it'll
> work "out of the box"?

They use specific test base stations for one.

The whole network was switched on when indicated
>

Kubalister wrote:

> You're more than welcome to wait. The rest of us can buy the imate
> JasJam next month for use with the new 850 band along with all the
> existing 2100 3GSM and GSM coverage.

Had a look at one yesterday. You can get it on an $80/mth plan, or
choose a plan of your liking and pay the phone or, or buy it outright.

It's a heavy, bulky unit. Dunno if it has a case or anything, as I wasn't
interested in trying it out. I prefer the Palm platform for PDA stuff.