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Why is it everyone keeps attacking the Telstra $5 plan, you all make it sound like people have no option other then to go on that plan.
Fact - this is the lowest plan with other plans into the GB's
Fact - Telstra offers news, streaming media, directions, directory listings, some webmail and other services at no cost at all.
There are many people on a $5 plan using lots of browsing on the free content. Can this be done with Craptus or Vodaphoney?
Thankfully once you sync your iPhone you get access to the Telstra free sites.
Unfortunately (for some) there is no streaming media available for iPhone from Telstra.
This is significant in terms of bits. Also you have to remember that the iPhone does not video call or MMS.
So if you compare the plan with any another 3G handset actually Telstra are ripping off iPhone customers more than any other handset.
The volume of streaming packets of 1 and 0 that are 'free' or 'bundled' is SIGNIFICANTLY less on the iPhone than other handset.
I could get increasingly detailed but if you don't get it already then you probably won't
for someone who want's to use their iphone as a computer and download crap go ahead, for 90% of people they will use small amounts of data and will not need huge expensive plans with any carrier.
it's easy to dismiss the free content provided by telstra but how about all the free wifi access, drive past a mcdonalds, starbucks, airports and other places then you get all you want and it does not count to your allowance.
for many people who will not be downloading metered content then telstra is the cheapest by far.
lets get detailed, you will find that every carrier will target a certain market, every carrier will massage the details to suit their own agenda and every carrier will make lots of noise about being the best. none of them are 100% correct and none are 100% incorrect as you are trying to make people believe. some don't try throw cheap prices around to compensate for poor coverage and service then claim they are the best because of their headline pricing plans.
i look forward to the iphone 3 month analysis when all the problems have been identified, biggest problem will be the data speeds in outer suburban and regional areas.
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Optus certainly has the better plans, and while data rates here are still not that great compared to other countries, at least Optus saw the light and made some concessions. Telstra's 5MB data plan barely conceals either their contempt for their customers, or their lack of knowledge.
Now if only Apple would stop playing silly games and release the iPhone properly, rather than drip feeding limited numbers to the retail stores.