Vodafone New Zealand prepaid SIM: GPRS capable?

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While traveling in New Zealand I would like to transmit data (text only
e-mail) via GPRS using a Voadafone New Zealand prepaid SIM card.

Are those SIM cards GPRS capable? Are the trunk roads on both the north
and south island well covered with GPRS service?

If GPRS is not an option: is CSD data transmission a viable option (line
stability, data throughput, price)?

Thank you for your help.

Carl Heinrich Apel
Cádiz, Spain




Cross-posting soc.culture.new-zealand & uk.telecom.mobile

This posting for no response from customer service of Vodafone New
Zealand (GSM monopoly company).

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In article <[email protected]>, Carl Heinrich Apel
wrote:

>While traveling in New Zealand I would like to transmit data (text only
>e-mail) via GPRS using a Voadafone New Zealand prepaid SIM card.
>
>Are those SIM cards GPRS capable? Are the trunk roads on both the north
>and south island well covered with GPRS service?
>
>If GPRS is not an option: is CSD data transmission a viable option (line
>stability, data throughput, price)?
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>Carl Heinrich Apel
>Cádiz, Spain

From Vodafone NZ's website, it looks like all the answers are yes:

http://www.vodafone.co.nz/business/1...obile_data.jsp

http://www.vodafone.co.nz/coverage/visiting_nz.jsp

http://www.vodafone.co.nz/dataroamin...m=data_roaming

http://www.vodafone.co.nz/coverage/maps.jsp

>Cross-posting soc.culture.new-zealand & uk.telecom.mobile

If you need more information, you might also like to ask in nz.general and/or
rec.travel.australia+nz; soc.culture.new-zealand is pretty quiet these days.

>This posting for no response from customer service of Vodafone New
>Zealand (GSM monopoly company).

Aren't monopolies wonderful?

Geoff

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"Carl Heinrich Apel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> While traveling in New Zealand I would like to transmit data (text only
> e-mail) via GPRS using a Voadafone New Zealand prepaid SIM card.
>
> Are those SIM cards GPRS capable? Are the trunk roads on both the north
> and south island well covered with GPRS service?
>
> If GPRS is not an option: is CSD data transmission a viable option (line
> stability, data throughput, price)?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Carl Heinrich Apel
> Cádiz, Spain
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>
> Cross-posting soc.culture.new-zealand & uk.telecom.mobile
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> This posting for no response from customer service of Vodafone New Zealand
> (GSM monopoly company).
>


The Pre Pay cards come with GPRS 3G now. Not sure about those areas but the
info be on vodafone.co.nz website


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Thanks for the referral, Geoff.

Yes I had read through the monopolist's website before posting, but the
information ist not very clear about the capabilities of the prepay SIM.

And yes, monopolies are wonderful - for the monopolist ;-)

Carl




Geoff Rait schrieb:
> From Vodafone NZ's website, it looks like all the answers are yes:
> If you need more information, you might also like to ask in nz.general and/or
> rec.travel.australia+nz; soc.culture.new-zealand is pretty quiet these days.
> Aren't monopolies wonderful?


Carl Heinrich Apel wrote:
>
>> While traveling in New Zealand I would like to transmit data (text only
>> e-mail) via GPRS using a Voadafone New Zealand prepaid SIM card.
>>
>> Are those SIM cards GPRS capable? Are the trunk roads on both the north
>> and south island well covered with GPRS service?
>>
>> If GPRS is not an option: is CSD data transmission a viable option
(line
>> stability, data throughput, price)?

Had no problems using NZ Voda on both Nth and Sth Islands in January
for voice. They do have big mountains so be realistic at what to expect
but otherwise main routes quite well covered. GPRS roamed using another
phone with UK V mobile SIM (flat rate £5 Mb UK and abroad) on NZ Voda
network with no probs.

Regards