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Originally Posted by clive milne
Joe,
Previously in the thread it was suggested that you acquire an Aldi sim card for your phone because that particular phone company uses the Telstra network... Be aware though that Aldi does not use the full Telstra network, but 97.5% of it, and by that they mean 97.5% of the population, not 97.5% of the coverage area. (a vastly significant difference)
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Thanks for that Clive. I obviously hadn't read the appropriate fine print - or is it in block capitals and I'm a goose?
This would explain problems I had getting coverage. At one point I was standing next to someone who was on the phone but I had no coverage. BTW any idea how Sony Xperia rates for reception?
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Originally Posted by clive milne
Joe,
... Telstra .... customer service department is run by none other than Satan himself....
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True. When we moved we had to switch to Telstra as the competition didn't have connections available at our exchange. They stuffed up the first bill so my wife spent >> an hour on the phone getting it fixed. The next bill was wrong. Replay. This went on for over 6 months before she happened upon someone who actually did what they promised and fixed the root cause. How this is an efficient use of their human resources is anyone's guess.