Phone blackout risk to country

"thegoons" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Alan Parkington" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>
>> Anticipating a last-minute rush of mobile phone users wanting to switch
>> networks, Telstra is extending phone shop opening hours, boosting the
>> number of temporary kiosks and offering deals pitched at regional areas.
>
> This is bull****. Please list the extended hours and location of temporary
> kiosks. Please also advise why you have not extended the operating hours
> of prepaid activations number (I got cut-off when I was on-hold with muzak
> once

a) prepaid customers are scum
b) register it on the internet

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"Brendon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Marts wrote:
>> thegoons wrote...
>>
>>> "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> You shouldnt rely on mobile coverage for a business operation anyway.
>>>> Dicks.
>>>>
>>> I must print out and frame that one.
>>
>> Yep, it's a classic, isn't it?
>>
> Not the first time the dickhead has said this sort of crap.
>
> He has also said in the past that you shouldnt rely on any radio system
> for emergency calling.

For the second time, note the word "rely".

You should never RELY on any radio system for emergency calling. VHF, UHF,
AMPS, CDMA, GSM, or 3G or any other variants.

Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Paul Day" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:38:52 Michael may have written:
>>> You shouldnt rely on mobile coverage for a business operation
>>> anyway. Dicks.
>>
>> You come out with some absolute pearlers sometimes Michael.
>
> Note the word "rely"
>
> A mobile should NEVER be your own source of contact as a business owner

Pity about those who have no ****ing choice because their business
isnt in a fixed place, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Brendon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> Marts wrote:
>>> thegoons wrote...
>>>
>>>> "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> You shouldnt rely on mobile coverage for a business operation
>>>>> anyway. Dicks.
>>>>>
>>>> I must print out and frame that one.
>>>
>>> Yep, it's a classic, isn't it?
>>>
>> Not the first time the dickhead has said this sort of crap.
>>
>> He has also said in the past that you shouldnt rely on any radio
>> system for emergency calling.

> For the second time, note the word "rely".

You can repeat that mindless **** till the cows come home child, changes nothing.

> You should never RELY on any radio system for emergency calling.

Is that right ? Problem is that planes and helicopters and cars and ambulances and fire
trucks and cop cars dont work that well without them, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

> VHF, UHF, AMPS, CDMA, GSM, or 3G or any other variants.

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you have
never ever had a ****ing clue about anything at all, ever.

Michael wrote:

> You should never RELY on any radio system for emergency
> calling. VHF, UHF, AMPS, CDMA, GSM, or 3G or any other
> variants.

Well that's EPIRBs ruled out for distress alerting then.

Make that any /single/ radio system in isolation, and you're
talking a bit more more sense. Ships for example, must be
capable of 3 independent means of sending/receiving SOS
messages - 2 approved "separate and independent" for ship to
shore, plus at least 1 for ship to ship.

John

"John Henderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Michael wrote:
>
>> You should never RELY on any radio system for emergency
>> calling. VHF, UHF, AMPS, CDMA, GSM, or 3G or any other
>> variants.
>
> Well that's EPIRBs ruled out for distress alerting then.
>
> Make that any /single/ radio system in isolation, and you're
> talking a bit more more sense.

Thats clearly what was being referred to, but some people cant see the wood
for the trees

"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Paul Day" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:38:52 Michael may have written:
>>>> You shouldnt rely on mobile coverage for a business operation
>>>> anyway. Dicks.
>>>
>>> You come out with some absolute pearlers sometimes Michael.
>>
>> Note the word "rely"
>>
>> A mobile should NEVER be your own source of contact as a business owner
>
> Pity about those who have no ****ing choice because their business
> isnt in a fixed place, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

And thats a business risk you have to accept, that your coverage may be
unreliable and so may your phone be.
>
>
>

Michael <[email protected]> wrote
> Rod Speed <[email protected]> wrote
>> Michael <[email protected]> wrote
>>> Paul Day <[email protected]> wrote
>>>> Michael <[email protected]> wrote

>>>>> You shouldnt rely on mobile coverage for a business operation anyway. Dicks.

>>>> You come out with some absolute pearlers sometimes Michael.

>>> Note the word "rely"

>>> A mobile should NEVER be your own source of contact as a business owner

>> Pity about those who have no ****ing choice because their business
>> isnt in a fixed place, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

> And thats a business risk you have to accept, that your coverage may be unreliable and so may your phone be.

Pity they have no choice on that, you stupid pig ignorant dunny cleaning ****wit child.

Michael <[email protected]> wrote
> John Henderson <[email protected]> wrote
>> Michael wrote

>>> You should never RELY on any radio system for emergency calling. VHF, UHF, AMPS, CDMA, GSM, or 3G or any other
>>> variants.

>> Well that's EPIRBs ruled out for distress alerting then.

>> Make that any /single/ radio system in isolation, and you're talking a bit more more sense.

> Thats clearly what was being referred to,

Never ever could bull**** and lie its way out of a wet paper bag.

> but some people cant see the wood for the trees

Never ever could bull**** and lie its way out of a wet paper bag.

Michael wrote...

> a) prepaid customers are scum

My, what an offensive prick you are.

I got a pre-paid SIM card for use in a spare phone for my mother in law while
she's visiting (heaps cheaper than international roaming).

Not everyone who buys a pre-paid is a druggie, pov, or whatever other label that
you wish to support your bigotry with.

But then you don't see us hanging **** on your types, do we.

Oh wait, we do. Sorry.

"Snapper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Michael wrote...
>
>> a) prepaid customers are scum
>
> My, what an offensive prick you are.

You get that

> I got a pre-paid SIM card for use in a spare phone for my mother in law
> while
> she's visiting (heaps cheaper than international roaming).
>
> Not everyone who buys a pre-paid is a druggie, pov, or whatever other
> label that
> you wish to support your bigotry with.

Most of them are. Good on your MIL for being an exception

Michael wrote...

>Most of them are. Good on your MIL for being an exception

It was our idea, not hers. She thought that her phone would work here
without it being set up for international roaming. We had to explain the
process for this to work and what it would end up costing her. Cheaper to
put $50 on the pre-paid, which we still have most of.



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A little knowledge is dangerous. So is a lot.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Bendigo Fone Zone store manager Shannon Reed said a lot of people were
> leaving the change to the last minute.
>
>

Well if people are that stupid they have no right to complain at the
last minute.


~Dan

DaN wrote...

>Well if people are that stupid they have no right to complain at the
>last minute.

For some people there is a method to their madness. Leaving it til the
"last minute" means that there may also be "last minute" incentives to
migrate across to NextG.

Also, Telstra may be misreading their customers. They may not be leaving
it til the last minute. They may be extracting the last second out of
their contracts and may be considering a move to another provider. Optus
for one is opening its own 3G network across Oz. It may have better deals
to offer.

Certainly, if I was still on CDMA I'd be doing this. Wait til the last
minute, see what Telstra has to offer to encourage me to move to NextG, or
wait to see what its competitors have to offer.

The only reason why I'm on NextG now is that when my CDMA phone died it
wasn't worth it to get another one. It was cheaper to get a new NextG
phone. But not necessarily have to put up with the bugs and the poor
coverage that it was first offering. Certainly, the 3G side of things
wasn't anything to write home about. And even now I'm not that impressed
with it.

Michael wrote...

> Last minute WAS Jan 28. Last minute incentives ended.
>
> There are no current incentives for consumers - youve left it too late

Um, re-read my post. I am already on NextG.

> > Certainly, if I was still on CDMA I'd be doing this. Wait til the last
> > minute, see what Telstra has to offer to encourage me to move to NextG, or
>
> Youll get nothing

Um, re-read my post. I am already on NextG.