Telstra offers Next G migration plans

From
http://www.digitalmediaasia.com/defa...rticleID=28978

Telstra has urged customers to take advantage of two special offers for
moving from CDMA to the Next G network before they are withdrawn from the
market.

The company has confirmed the $100 credit for post-paid customers migrating
from CDMA to the Telstra Next G network on an eligible plan and the $50 cash
back available to CDMA customers purchasing the pre-paid Samsung A411 Next G
handset would both end on 28 January 2008.

The majority of the CDMA customer base has migrated to the Next G network,
and the company added that it is unlikely to introduce any new customer
migration offers prior to the scheduled CDMA network closure on 28 April
2008.

Telstra recently opened a hotline on for customer assistance in moving to
the new network.

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Alan Parkington <[email protected]> wrote:

> From
> http://www.digitalmediaasia.com/defa...rticleID=28978

> Telstra has urged customers to take advantage of two special offers for moving from CDMA to the Next G network before
> they are withdrawn from the market.

And after they lied about that sort of thing previously...

> The company has confirmed the $100 credit for post-paid customers migrating from CDMA to the Telstra Next G network on
> an eligible plan and the $50 cash back available to CDMA customers purchasing the pre-paid Samsung A411 Next G handset
> would both end on 28 January 2008.

If they are actually that stupid...

> The majority of the CDMA customer base has migrated to the Next G
> network, and the company added that it is unlikely to introduce any
> new customer migration offers prior to the scheduled CDMA network
> closure on 28 April 2008.

We'll see when they lied about that previously...

> Telstra recently opened a hotline on for customer assistance in moving to the new network.

Well whoopy ****ing do. They got not choice on that, the govt forced them to do that, ****wit.

Alan Parkington wrote...

>The company has confirmed the $100 credit for post-paid customers migrating
>from CDMA to the Telstra Next G network on an eligible plan and the $50 cash

The devil is in the detail. I'm tipping that the "eligible" plans aren't
anything to write home about.



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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:26:25 Geoff may have written:
> still waiting for eligible plans to include customers of CDMA resellers such
> as SC

You'll be waiting quite a long time...

PD

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Paul Day

Geoff wrote...

>still waiting for eligible plans to include customers of CDMA resellers such
>as SC

SC?

>These people are going to be cut right out with little recourse but to go
>back to Telstra.

I was talking to a guy a few minutes ago at work. He is with Optus CDMA
(telstra resold, presumably). After the cutover he'll be with Optus GSM
and waiting for its '3G' service to commence, supposedly in or around May.

Thing is, I have no idea as to what sort of service this will be, what
frequencies it will operate on and the depth of coverage. The mate now
enjoys a good service, particularly when off shore fishing. It remains to
be seen what it will be like on Optus's new service when he moves over.

>I write to minister Conroy every now and then asking about these cases - no
>response as yet.

I wouldn't expect anything, either. New government, new players, etc.. The
guy is still trying to find his feet, no doubt. Still, he should have
staff which is permanent and which should know what's going to so the
people can respond to constituents' enquiries.



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A little knowledge is dangerous. So is a lot.

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:09:20 +1100, Snapper wrote:

> Geoff wrote...
>
>>still waiting for eligible plans to include customers of CDMA resellers such
>>as SC
>
> SC?

Southern Cross.


>>These people are going to be cut right out with little recourse but to go
>>back to Telstra.
>
> I was talking to a guy a few minutes ago at work. He is with Optus CDMA
> (telstra resold, presumably). After the cutover he'll be with Optus GSM
> and waiting for its '3G' service to commence, supposedly in or around May.
>
> Thing is, I have no idea as to what sort of service this will be, what
> frequencies it will operate on and the depth of coverage. The mate now
> enjoys a good service, particularly when off shore fishing. It remains to
> be seen what it will be like on Optus's new service when he moves over.

Isn't Optus's 3G service already up and running (at least in capital
cities)?

You should be able to find out about frequencies etc already. (I assume
he's waiting until Optus's 3G comes to his/your part of Australia.)


>>I write to minister Conroy every now and then asking about these cases - no
>>response as yet.
>
> I wouldn't expect anything, either. New government, new players, etc.. The
> guy is still trying to find his feet, no doubt. Still, he should have
> staff which is permanent and which should know what's going to so the
> people can respond to constituents' enquiries.

Geoff might be better off contacting ACMA or DCITA directly? Conroy's own
personal office is predominantly staffed by political advisers, media
people, etc. Most queries would be referred to someone within the
department, which might be what is causing the time delay.

Horry wrote...

>Isn't Optus's 3G service already up and running (at least in capital
>cities)?

I s'pose. I don't know much about it.

>You should be able to find out about frequencies etc already. (I assume
>he's waiting until Optus's 3G comes to his/your part of Australia.)

Yes. He said that Optus told him that it'll be starting up around here
(regional Vic) in a coupla months. How well the service will perform,
naturally, remains to be seen.



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"Horry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:09:20 +1100, Snapper wrote:
>
>> Geoff wrote...
>>
>>>still waiting for eligible plans to include customers of CDMA resellers
>>>such
>>>as SC
>>
>> SC?
>
> Southern Cross.
>
>
>>>These people are going to be cut right out with little recourse but to go
>>>back to Telstra.
>>
>> I was talking to a guy a few minutes ago at work. He is with Optus CDMA
>> (telstra resold, presumably). After the cutover he'll be with Optus GSM
>> and waiting for its '3G' service to commence, supposedly in or around
>> May.
>>
>> Thing is, I have no idea as to what sort of service this will be, what
>> frequencies it will operate on and the depth of coverage. The mate now
>> enjoys a good service, particularly when off shore fishing. It remains to
>> be seen what it will be like on Optus's new service when he moves over.
>
> Isn't Optus's 3G service already up and running (at least in capital
> cities)?
>
> You should be able to find out about frequencies etc already. (I assume
> he's waiting until Optus's 3G comes to his/your part of Australia.)
>
>
>>>I write to minister Conroy every now and then asking about these cases -
>>>no
>>>response as yet.
>>
>> I wouldn't expect anything, either. New government, new players, etc..
>> The
>> guy is still trying to find his feet, no doubt. Still, he should have
>> staff which is permanent and which should know what's going to so the
>> people can respond to constituents' enquiries.
>
> Geoff might be better off contacting ACMA or DCITA directly? Conroy's own
> personal office is predominantly staffed by political advisers, media
> people, etc. Most queries would be referred to someone within the
> department, which might be what is causing the time delay.

Probably clutching at straws anyway but I will - just think it is wrong that
they make no provision for these consumers.

Southern Cross are happy to move me to GSM which is probably what will
happen, one of the locations I need cdma both NextG and GSM work at exactly
the same level.

I guess the CDMA resellers would have made the obligatory noises but they
probably have a very small segment of this market

Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Horry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:09:20 +1100, Snapper wrote:
>>
>>> Geoff wrote...
>>>
>>>> still waiting for eligible plans to include customers of CDMA
>>>> resellers such
>>>> as SC
>>>
>>> SC?
>>
>> Southern Cross.
>>
>>
>>>> These people are going to be cut right out with little recourse
>>>> but to go back to Telstra.
>>>
>>> I was talking to a guy a few minutes ago at work. He is with Optus
>>> CDMA (telstra resold, presumably). After the cutover he'll be with
>>> Optus GSM and waiting for its '3G' service to commence, supposedly
>>> in or around May.
>>>
>>> Thing is, I have no idea as to what sort of service this will be,
>>> what frequencies it will operate on and the depth of coverage. The
>>> mate now enjoys a good service, particularly when off shore
>>> fishing. It remains to be seen what it will be like on Optus's new
>>> service when he moves over.
>>
>> Isn't Optus's 3G service already up and running (at least in capital
>> cities)?
>>
>> You should be able to find out about frequencies etc already. (I
>> assume he's waiting until Optus's 3G comes to his/your part of
>> Australia.)
>>>> I write to minister Conroy every now and then asking about these
>>>> cases - no
>>>> response as yet.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't expect anything, either. New government, new players,
>>> etc.. The
>>> guy is still trying to find his feet, no doubt. Still, he should
>>> have staff which is permanent and which should know what's going to
>>> so the people can respond to constituents' enquiries.
>>
>> Geoff might be better off contacting ACMA or DCITA directly? Conroy's own personal office is predominantly staffed by
>> political
>> advisers, media people, etc. Most queries would be referred to
>> someone within the department, which might be what is causing the
>> time delay.
>
> Probably clutching at straws anyway but I will - just think it is
> wrong that they make no provision for these consumers.
>
> Southern Cross are happy to move me to GSM which is probably what will
> happen, one of the locations I need cdma both NextG and GSM work at
> exactly the same level.
>
> I guess the CDMA resellers would have made the obligatory noises but
> they probably have a very small segment of this market

Telstra did make some pretty decent offers to anyone to sign up for NextG

"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Horry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:09:20 +1100, Snapper wrote:
>>>
>>>> Geoff wrote...
>>>>
>>>>> still waiting for eligible plans to include customers of CDMA
>>>>> resellers such
>>>>> as SC
>>>>
>>>> SC?
>>>
>>> Southern Cross.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> These people are going to be cut right out with little recourse
>>>>> but to go back to Telstra.
>>>>
>>>> I was talking to a guy a few minutes ago at work. He is with Optus
>>>> CDMA (telstra resold, presumably). After the cutover he'll be with
>>>> Optus GSM and waiting for its '3G' service to commence, supposedly
>>>> in or around May.
>>>>
>>>> Thing is, I have no idea as to what sort of service this will be,
>>>> what frequencies it will operate on and the depth of coverage. The
>>>> mate now enjoys a good service, particularly when off shore
>>>> fishing. It remains to be seen what it will be like on Optus's new
>>>> service when he moves over.
>>>
>>> Isn't Optus's 3G service already up and running (at least in capital
>>> cities)?
>>>
>>> You should be able to find out about frequencies etc already. (I
>>> assume he's waiting until Optus's 3G comes to his/your part of
>>> Australia.)
>>>>> I write to minister Conroy every now and then asking about these
>>>>> cases - no
>>>>> response as yet.
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't expect anything, either. New government, new players,
>>>> etc.. The
>>>> guy is still trying to find his feet, no doubt. Still, he should
>>>> have staff which is permanent and which should know what's going to
>>>> so the people can respond to constituents' enquiries.
>>>
>>> Geoff might be better off contacting ACMA or DCITA directly? Conroy's
>>> own personal office is predominantly staffed by political
>>> advisers, media people, etc. Most queries would be referred to
>>> someone within the department, which might be what is causing the
>>> time delay.
>>
>> Probably clutching at straws anyway but I will - just think it is
>> wrong that they make no provision for these consumers.
>>
>> Southern Cross are happy to move me to GSM which is probably what will
>> happen, one of the locations I need cdma both NextG and GSM work at
>> exactly the same level.
>>
>> I guess the CDMA resellers would have made the obligatory noises but
>> they probably have a very small segment of this market
>
> Telstra did make some pretty decent offers to anyone to sign up for NextG
>
Guess they did notmake them to me directly as cdma user.

I am not keen in moving off my SC mobile arrangements and having to dump
handsets that are still good for a far more expensive setup that more then
likely will be on a 2 year contract.

I mentioned the SC deal of 20c flagfall and 40c per minute by the second and
all Telstra employees do is look at you and suggest you are lying.

Same happens when they talk GSM and you say 40c per minute billed by the
second and no flagfall (Isim)

It is close to being criminal where 40c flagfall and 80c per minute by the
30sec is a figure I see is about normal

Geoff <[email protected]> wrote
> Rod Speed <[email protected]> wrote
>> Geoff <[email protected]> wrote
>>> Horry <[email protected]> wrote
>>>> Snapper wrote
>>>>> Geoff wrote

>>>>>> still waiting for eligible plans to include customers of CDMA resellers such as SC

>>>>> SC?

>>>> Southern Cross.

>>>>>> These people are going to be cut right out with little recourse
>>>>>> but to go back to Telstra.

>>>>> I was talking to a guy a few minutes ago at work. He is with Optus
>>>>> CDMA (telstra resold, presumably). After the cutover he'll be with
>>>>> Optus GSM and waiting for its '3G' service to commence, supposedly
>>>>> in or around May.

>>>>> Thing is, I have no idea as to what sort of service this will be,
>>>>> what frequencies it will operate on and the depth of coverage. The
>>>>> mate now enjoys a good service, particularly when off shore
>>>>> fishing. It remains to be seen what it will be like on Optus's new
>>>>> service when he moves over.

>>>> Isn't Optus's 3G service already up and running (at least in capital cities)?

>>>> You should be able to find out about frequencies etc already. (I assume he's waiting until Optus's 3G comes to
>>>> his/your part of Australia.)

>>>>>> I write to minister Conroy every now and then asking about these
>>>>>> cases - no response as yet.

>>>>> I wouldn't expect anything, either. New government, new players,
>>>>> etc.. The
>>>>> guy is still trying to find his feet, no doubt. Still, he should
>>>>> have staff which is permanent and which should know what's going
>>>>> to so the people can respond to constituents' enquiries.

>>>> Geoff might be better off contacting ACMA or DCITA directly?
>>>> Conroy's own personal office is predominantly staffed by political
>>>> advisers, media people, etc. Most queries would be referred to
>>>> someone within the department, which might be what is causing the
>>>> time delay.

>>> Probably clutching at straws anyway but I will - just think it is
>>> wrong that they make no provision for these consumers.

>>> Southern Cross are happy to move me to GSM which is probably what
>>> will happen, one of the locations I need cdma both NextG and GSM
>>> work at exactly the same level.

>>> I guess the CDMA resellers would have made the obligatory noises but
>>> they probably have a very small segment of this market

>> Telstra did make some pretty decent offers to anyone to sign up for NextG

> Guess they did notmake them to me directly as cdma user.

They cant do that, they dont have access to the reseller's customer lists.

And there'd be one hell of a stink if telcos attempted to spam their reseller's customers.

> I am not keen in moving off my SC mobile arrangements and having to dump handsets that are still good for a far more
> expensive setup that more then likely will be on a 2 year contract.

Sure, I dont think that telstra should be allowed to shut the cdma system
down at all because plenty wouldnt have bothered with it if they knew it was
going to be shut down during the life of the hardware they bought to use it.

> I mentioned the SC deal of 20c flagfall and 40c per minute by the second and all Telstra employees do is look at you
> and suggest you are lying.

Yeah, they are mostly terminally pig ignorant.

> Same happens when they talk GSM and you say 40c per minute billed by the second and no flagfall (Isim)

> It is close to being criminal

Nope, legally they can charge what they like.

> where 40c flagfall and 80c per minute by the 30sec is a figure I see is about normal

Yeah, certainly a ripoff in comparison.

Same with the ****ed system of a fixed monthly charge whether you use the phone for any outgoing calls or not.

"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Alan Parkington <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From
>> http://www.digitalmediaasia.com/defa...rticleID=28978
>
>> Telstra has urged customers to take advantage of two special offers for
>> moving from CDMA to the Next G network before they are withdrawn from the
>> market.
>
> And after they lied about that sort of thing previously...
>
>> The company has confirmed the $100 credit for post-paid customers
>> migrating from CDMA to the Telstra Next G network on an eligible plan and
>> the $50 cash back available to CDMA customers purchasing the pre-paid
>> Samsung A411 Next G handset would both end on 28 January 2008.
>
> If they are actually that stupid...

done and dusted

> I am not keen in moving off my SC mobile arrangements and having to dump
> handsets that are still good for a far more expensive setup that more then
> likely will be on a 2 year contract.

Feel free to buy one of the prepaids at $149.

>>> Telstra did make some pretty decent offers to anyone to sign up for
>>> NextG
>
>> Guess they did notmake them to me directly as cdma user.
>
> They cant do that, they dont have access to the reseller's customer lists.

Of course they can. They can just SMS them, or mail to the last known
address

> And there'd be one hell of a stink if telcos attempted to spam their
> reseller's customers.

Youve never had anyone call you to churn back to Telstra on your landline ?!

>> I am not keen in moving off my SC mobile arrangements and having to dump
>> handsets that are still good for a far more expensive setup that more
>> then likely will be on a 2 year contract.
>
> Sure, I dont think that telstra should be allowed to shut the cdma system
> down at all because plenty wouldnt have bothered with it if they knew it
> was
> going to be shut down during the life of the hardware they bought to use
> it.
>
>> I mentioned the SC deal of 20c flagfall and 40c per minute by the second
>> and all Telstra employees do is look at you and suggest you are lying.

Its not their job to know other peoples offers

Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Alan Parkington <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> From
>>> http://www.digitalmediaasia.com/defa...rticleID=28978
>>
>>> Telstra has urged customers to take advantage of two special offers
>>> for moving from CDMA to the Next G network before they are
>>> withdrawn from the market.
>>
>> And after they lied about that sort of thing previously...
>>
>>> The company has confirmed the $100 credit for post-paid customers
>>> migrating from CDMA to the Telstra Next G network on an eligible
>>> plan and the $50 cash back available to CDMA customers purchasing
>>> the pre-paid Samsung A411 Next G handset would both end on 28
>>> January 2008.
>>
>> If they are actually that stupid...
>
> done and dusted

We'll see...