Push Email in Australia

"Marts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> davmel wrote...
>
>> > So, I would prefer to SMS or to receive SMSes from people when I'm away
>> > and read
>> > the emails when I get home.
>>
>> Telstra provides that service for BigPond/telstra.com email users:
>> http://telstra.com/comms/alerts/about.asp?
>
> I'm talking about using SMS between people, not getting email alerts via
> SMS. I
> s'pose that if you're a business customer and can offset the 25c/SMS then
> it's
> probably OK. But if I get say, 40 messages a day, that's $10 a day. Over a
> few
> days that'd soon add up.
>
> Anyway, it's confusing, the last bit about applying for it.
>
> Well, this bit here, is...
>
> "If you are an existing Telstra BigPond customer or you already have a
> telstra.com email account, Email Alerts will work directly with your
> existing
> account. If you are a Telstra BigPond customer you will need to sign up to
> telstra.com before registering for Email Alerts."
>
> It says in the first sentence that you can get alerts if you're either a
> BP
> customer or have a Telstra.com account. In the second sentence it says
> that
> you're a BP customer you have to sign up with telstra.com...
>
> Unless I'm reading it wrong, and that's always a possibility, then I think
> that
> whoever wrote this didn't get it proof read.

telstra.com links to bigpond mail



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"thegoons" <[email protected]> writes:

>In Japan, every mobile telco and every handset (even the most cheapo
>handsets) enable the live reception of e-mail. The handset is not setup to
>poll every 5/10/30 minutes, the e-mail is received realtime.And you are not
>charged any extra to have this service, apart from a per-email transmission
>cost (no Next-G data volume charges).

>http://www.technotranceravesex.net/g...2_itemId=18277

>I recognise that apart from the latest 3G standard networks in Japan, the
>rest run on proprietary non-standard frequencies/protocols.

>Push me pull you.

>However, in Australia, I am unaware of any such facility existing on
>GSM/3G/Next-G networks, apart from when using a Blackberry. You can sort of
>do it with '3' by setting a short poll time on your handset and using their
>POP server system. How about with Next-G, would you get charged exorbidantly
>for each poll? The Telstra website shows you how to login to Bigpond on
>Next-G handset, however this doesnt help in notifying when u have a new mail
>message.

>Any comments on ways around this?



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>>>> That's particularly true with their internet stuff. The telstra.com
>>>> web site is the slowest site i've ever come across - except for sites
>>>> that were hosted on very slow network connections, like dialup.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone remember when MelbourneIT (a section of Telstra at the time)
>>>
>>> I don't remember MelbourneIT ever being a part of Telstra????
>>
>> Well, it's about 10 years ago, now, and maybe my memory's playing tricks
>> on me - but i'm pretty sure MelbourneIT started life as a subsidiary of
>> Telstra.
>
> Well, it looks like i'm wrong, and MelbourneIT was an offshoot of
> Melbourne university. I could have sworn there was some Telstra
> connection though...

You idiot