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#14690 14-May-2005 18:27

sorry alasta - wrong my friend. mates rates can be had on postpaid - go onebill mates rates.

go onebill mates rates +$10 txt + $10 p2t = pretty good communications deal

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#14694 14-May-2005 19:06

Thanks for the clarification. There are plenty of people who find prepaid plans less convenient than billed plans, so it's good that this market is well catered for.

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#14698 15-May-2005 16:32

did tcom ever advertise mates-rates? first i heard of them. maybe they used that annoying guy with megaphone to advertise it.

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#14699 15-May-2005 16:55

dont know if its been externally advertised - but you certainly cant move in t-com shop without knowing about it.

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#14703 15-May-2005 20:07

The ironic thing was Telecom had 1/2 price 027<->027 calls when they first launched their CDMA network and then proceeded to dump it not long before Voda launched Motormouth.

What I really want is a decent priced 200 or 300 min 24/7 plan. The pricing difference an offpeak plan and anytime plan for 200 mins is $65 - $30 vs $95, peak time calling rates are still a joke in NZ.

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#14704 15-May-2005 20:13

You should get youself on thr Association OP 100 plan. Its $35 monthly 35c per minute 24/7 and 100 free OP mins + $10 text.

At upgrade time, you can get a Sanyo 8200 for $49 or a 7400 for $149 - most cheaper phones will be at zero cost.

If you are not part of one of the listed associations for this plan, then you could find a friendly dealer somewhere........

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#15132 30-May-2005 17:04

Wait for it - I'd be willing to bet that Voda will "relaunch" their free text weekend promo as a capped text weekend...

Considering you cant text overseas or phones on any network other than vodaphone it might have to be re-branded crapped text weekend...

Either way it certainly wont be "free" if you read the fine print....

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#15137 30-May-2005 17:45

i was suprised when they guarunteed it for.. when was it? all 2005?

i lost count of how many friends jumped from 021-> 027 for $10 text.
but i've not met anyone jumping to 021 for free weekends.

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#15141 30-May-2005 18:45

Vodafone probably figure body will want boring on txting when in just over a month you'll be able to actually talk to your friends and see them live on the screen on your phone? :-)

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#15142 30-May-2005 18:51

I do all my video calling over the internet. At the price video calling is likely to be, I wont be doing any over mobile. Even video messaging has not made a dent in my texting/photos (about 50 - 100 txts a month and about 10 photos - but only about 1 video message a month)

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#15146 30-May-2005 19:06

sbiddle - not likely - i have hard enough problems remembering who can recieve photos, and then who can recieve video..which of my friends/clients can recieve P2T? which ones find it socially acceptable to recieve a P2T?
it'll take years before you can assume that someone will have the hardware to recieve a video call.

heck, sms still isn't considered a legitamate business tool by many - imagine sms-ing your 10o'clock appointment to tell them you're running late? not common. you'd call them.

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#15650 14-Jun-2005 23:44

I just want cheaper data rates. Do you think Vodafone or telecom could do that for me?
Please.
Free data on the weekends.
Think of all the innovation this would create. :-)

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#15651 15-Jun-2005 00:07

Tom_Rush: I just want cheaper data rates. Do you think Vodafone or telecom could do that for me?
Please.
Free data on the weekends.
Think of all the innovation this would create. :-)

Free data on the weekends? This would drive the networks down, seeing that one can't cope with free SMS traffic and the other with voice calls...

But I wouldn't complain if we could have flat rate data though.

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#15652 15-Jun-2005 01:10

No issues on the weekend thats just been that i'm aware of !

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#15656 15-Jun-2005 08:06

Awesome - so they either sorted out capacity, or there were far less customers.

after the previous weekend, i didn't bother with my 021, and did all my sms on my 027.
might not be the only one.

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