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09-07-2008, 08:30 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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Originally Posted by dolbinau
Data can be logged on phone, not sure about your other concerns.
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Does that count WiFi though? That would mess things up.
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09-07-2008, 08:32 PM
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Location: Sydney, Australia.
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On the 1st generation iPhone it counted EDGE separately, I'd imagine it will be the same for the 3G iPhone.
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09-07-2008, 08:55 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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Originally Posted by Nitinmehmi
i calculate OPTUS PLAN.
Im going to take iphone 16GB on $19 Plan for 12 Months .
$59(mobile)+$19(plan) for 12 months
$78 X 12 =$936
unlocked iPhone and used My three Number
i think its better then BUY it UPfront ($849+$80'Recharge')
its just like BUYing iphone First day and make this pay it in installment.
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...But it costs more.
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09-07-2008, 09:13 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Mel-Boar-N
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Originally Posted by SilverJ
"You are not able to view your monthly usage prior to receiving your bill."
Does anyone know any ways around this?....
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Optus is in the Dark Ages in this regard. Even if you phone up customer service, they can't give you any information about your usage until the end of the billing cycle.
This is something that has bugged me for a number of years. All the other carriers can do it, as far as I know. |
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09-07-2008, 09:15 PM
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You can't handle the truth!
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by SilverJ
"You are not able to view your monthly usage prior to receiving your bill."
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That's odd, I've talked to a 3 Optus World employees and one on the phone who have said you can check online and get warning SMSes (they can send out an SMS every say $50 or $100 of usage).
And apparently on normal cap plans you can. Hopefully its the same for the iPhone plans. |
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09-07-2008, 09:17 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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I think that's for business plans
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09-07-2008, 09:25 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Video Professional, Mostly Melbourne, but work all over Australia
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Originally Posted by 23MAL
Optus is in the Dark Ages in this regard. Even if you phone up customer service, they can't give you any information about your usage until the end of the billing cycle.
This is something that has bugged me for a number of years. All the other carriers can do it, as far as I know.
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if true that sucks.. at .35 c extra per MEGA Byte thats going to find people in some real hot water ..... there should be a widget or something to check your useage.... |
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09-07-2008, 09:34 PM
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Group: Member
Location: Sydney
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Originally Posted by NORMANDY
if true that sucks.. at .35 c extra per MEGA Byte thats going to find people in some real hot water ..... there should be a widget or something to check your useage....
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The iPhone itself has a data counter in the settings->usage menu... it's just a matter of remembering to reset it at the start of your billing period. |
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09-07-2008, 11:12 PM
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Member
Group: Member
Location: Marvellous Melbourne
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Originally Posted by WildWest
The iPhone itself has a data counter in the settings->usage menu... it's just a matter of remembering to reset it at the start of your billing period.
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I found this on the APC website:
"So far, Optus has told APC that customers will be able to view their data usage via the 'MyUsage' section in the 'MyAccount' section on the Optus website. Prepaid customers (only) will be able to SMS "balance" to 9999 to get a reading on their prepaid data balance. We haven't yet heard from Vodafone or Telstra on how their customers will be able to keep tabs on their iPhone data usage."
I'm planning to move from 3 to Optus, so do i take it with a grain of salt? |
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10-07-2008, 01:11 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Victoria
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I called optus today to see how I could upgrade my phone to the new iPhone and I was told it's not possible online or over the phone and that I would be luck if I could this week or next week as all stock will be at all optus store outlets and that there limited as well. Even worse when the doors open it will only open to customers which made a depsoit for the iPhone for the first 2 hours of trading. So it looks like I won't be able to upgrade my phone to iPhone for more likely a month or so.
Too me there's been to much hype on the iphone and I can wait.
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10-07-2008, 01:27 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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I just hope some of the stores somehow let me get one :'( fux u telstra n trying to be loyal to you! they cost me n iphne!!!
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10-07-2008, 01:40 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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Originally Posted by jonnos_86
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i dont think its for business only. when i called optus up before for sending me paper bills again (coz i got my bills sent to my netbank account i needed a new bpay number) they told me that they were changing their system giving everyone a new 14digit account number which will be needed for the live billing that can be viewed online.
if you check out that link i quoted from my earlier post there should be some screenshots and information about the live billing system. |
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10-07-2008, 04:39 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Wollongong
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Strong media coverage today in both smh.com.au and news.com.au
Sadly, that will stir up the great unwashed, and probablities of getting one of the few un-reserved optus phones have likely evaporated.
*sigh*
Still, there may be some upsides to waiting. If the overwhelming response to Optus gets some coverage, then in a few weeks Voda/Telstra might tweak their pricing.
And Three might get in on the game.
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10-07-2008, 07:04 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: At a place called Vertigo
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So, I just had a thought.
Does anyone know if what we'll have to bring into the optus store tomorrow morning? For example, phone bill, ID, credit card? I would like to port my old optus number over, how would I go about this?
Anyway, thanks for your help :-) Can't wait for this time tomorrow morning 
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10-07-2008, 07:07 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by ford.boy
So, I just had a thought.
Does anyone know if what we'll have to bring into the optus store tomorrow morning? For example, phone bill, ID, credit card? I would like to port my old optus number over, how would I go about this?
Anyway, thanks for your help :-) Can't wait for this time tomorrow morning |
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