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Australian Order Shipped...

RobBookPro said:
My iphone is with Vodafone, and while I do always have voice coverage in the metro area, I find it pretty sad that I cannot even get from my house to the CBD without loosing all data services. 3G is few and far between.

I find it fine for the iphone, since on the road i only really use data for maps and the occasional website and shazam tag.

However for the iPad, I want the NextG network for its data coverage alone. Check out the coverage map... its impressive.

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http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/state.html
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Vodafone is very bad here. No data coverage at all in my city of 50,000 people.

Optus is cheaper on the iPhone, but there network needs a bit of an upgrade. When the iPhone first came out I had a 3G data connection that was faster than my then 1.5mb ADSL connection. Now I'm lucky to get 500kb connection some times.

Telstra is faster around here. No way I'd put my iPhone on Telstra because of there pricing, but the iPad, I just might do it if I ever get a 3G iPad.
 
^Have you checked Telstra's Iphone pricing plans lately? They had some major changes recently. Much better value now (not as good as some of the others, but for the coverage you get it's worth paying a bit more).
 
mitty said:
^Have you checked Telstra's Iphone pricing plans lately? They had some major changes recently. Much better value now (not as good as some of the others, but for the coverage you get it's worth paying a bit more).
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Still way too pricy for my liking.
 
^ Still find that amazing considering it's been confirmed by Apple that everyone else is getting theirs from within Australia (obviously a bulk shipment came down and everyone else is having it shipped inside the country). Check the Whirlpool and Mactalk threads.
 
How's your wifi down under

Wondering how easy or difficult it is to pick up free wifi in AU. Will be in Brisbane & Sydney soon. Not sure I want to purchase an expensive 3G international data plan.
Hope you all get your iPads soon . . .
 
lucky yous! mine still says "ships by 7th june"

.Andy said:
Couldn't agree more it's not really worth even considering anything but telstra (unfortunately) due to coverage.

As far as hoping they provide you with a micro sim starter kit no issue, I'm hoping that the activation of said kit will run smoothly on launch day. Would not surprise me in the least if telstra was woefully underprepared for the number of attempted activations. At this stage it appears activating over the phone is the only option. There is no web-based portal currently :( (which might change).
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i NEARLY went with 3G model. but instead im getting the 16GB WiFi. i hope im happy
 
DunnMaui said:
hey . . I went thru the same crap last month waiting! In the meantime . . If anyone can tell me about picking up wifi in AU I would appreciate that:)
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We're pretty backward 'down' here, you'll find lots of idiots without passwords :eek:

However, there's always Starbucks.
O M G Australia has Starbucks? - yep, they have coffee too :D

edit: BTW, I hate you cause you live in Maui :rolleyes:
 
OzExige said:
We're pretty backward 'down' here, you'll find lots of idiots without passwords :eek:

However, there's always Starbucks.
O M G Australia has Starbucks? - yep, they have coffee too :D
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That's what I'm hoping for ! Think I'll take my chances and pass on ATT's robber baron plan!
 
Received a phone call today from the shipping company confirming that I'll be available on Friday :).

Can stopped worrying now :p
 
LAnMarc said:
Just got home and found a message on my answering machine asking me to ring someone at TNTExpress about my iPad delivery.
Of course there is no-one at the number now!
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it's just to ask wether somebody will be home on Friday to accept the delivery... nothing major
 
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