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Telstra Enables Tethering Finally!

#1 User is offline   skyhawkmatthew 

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Posted 05 December 2009 - 07:00 AM

Telstra iPhone users, when you plug in your iPhone this morning click on 'Check for Updates' - there's a carrier settings update that will enable tethering biggrin.gif No charge, and just uses the same data allocated for the phone, just like on 3.0 smile.gif
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 07:25 AM

A-HA, i wondered what that tiny update was, its something like 100k or smaller, you blink and you miss it.




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Posted 05 December 2009 - 10:00 AM

And about friggin' time.

We Vodafone subscribers have had it from day one. What's Telstra's excuse?
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 11:13 AM

Dare I say... Coverage? biggrin.gif wave.gif
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 12:31 PM

QUOTE (skyhawkmatthew @ Dec 5 2009, 11:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Dare I say... Coverage? biggrin.gif wave.gif


Huh?
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 12:50 PM

Round these parts, you'd be lucky to get any Voda reception in the open, let alone in a building!
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 01:38 PM

QUOTE (skyhawkmatthew @ Dec 5 2009, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Round these parts, you'd be lucky to get any Voda reception in the open, let alone in a building!


How does that excuse Telstra for being so late to the party?
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 01:48 PM

Well it's not really a very good excuse... But I would much rather be able to use my phone (and the associated data service) rather than have tethering I can't actually use due to lack of coverage. Having tethering now is a nice addition, it would've been nice to have it earlier but as I said, a non-tetherable phone that works is a whole lot better than a tetherable one that doesn't.
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 01:53 PM

Fair enough. I guess. unsure.gif

I rarely have any issues with Vodafone coverage.
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 02:07 PM

So when are the going to supply us with the ability to choose which message we listen to first on our voice mail account, sorry i have forgotten the name of it.




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Posted 05 December 2009 - 02:11 PM

Visual Voicemail.
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 02:14 PM

Telstra doesn't do VV? If that's true, it totally sucks hairy goat's balls. Even hairy goats' hairy balls.
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 05:35 PM

Nope they don't Chris, that's probably why I coudnt remember the name.




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Posted 05 December 2009 - 06:11 PM

Great hairy goat's balls, batman. An insanely profitable telco with the best network coverage can't keep up with its competition. This is part of why I hate Telstra. They're all goats. Hairy goats with hairy balls. Telstra clearly hates the iPhone and has since day one.

Friggin' Telstra. (I said a bad word) 'em.
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 06:32 PM

You are probably right Chris, I think it's iTunes that drives them nuts, if there was no iTunes we would all be downloading music from bigpond I am guessing.



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Posted 05 December 2009 - 06:45 PM

Don't get me started on BigPond. That's hairy bison balls. Bigger than goat's balls. And saltier. But not a nice salty. Nasty salty. Like a "what-the-(I said a bad word)-am-I-wasting-my-time-at-this-sucky-site" kind of salty.

Telstra. (I said a bad word) 'em.
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 06:54 PM

Chris now don't hold back you are with friends, you can let us know how you really feel tongue.gif


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Posted 05 December 2009 - 06:58 PM

I spent nearly three months with the Ombudsman in tribunal meetings with Telstra over their failed Bigpond service.
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 07:34 PM

QUOTE (Genshin @ Dec 5 2009, 07:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I spent nearly three months with the Ombudsman in tribunal meetings with Telstra over their failed Bigpond service.



See what I mean?

Telstra. (I said a bad word) 'em.
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Posted 05 December 2009 - 07:44 PM

Hmm I have 7 phones through them, and have never had an issue in 9 years in business.

But I guess every telco has it's problems, I gues with Telstra being so big they have more than most.


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