Re: Australia PrePay SIM only?

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From: Tumbleweed
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 21:06

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>
> Well I'd definitely recommend Telstra in terms of coverage, followed
(quite
> a way behind) by Optus then Voda in both NSW and Victoria.  However does
the
> person have a UK contract?  According to http://www.gsmroaming.co.uk/ both
> Optus and Voda Aus have free text messaging while roaming.  I can't
confirm
> this however.
>
> Maybe have a look in aus.comms.mobile ?
>

Nope they have prepay, and its not worth the cost of moving to contract for
such a short time. So, next Q's, will a UK Nokia 3330 (their current phone)
work on Telstra? And will a prepaid telstra SIM put in a 3330 let you send
SMSs internationally?

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Tumbleweed

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