BigHammer: Thanks Telecom. Love free stuff, especially with no contracts to sign. And an hour after purchasing it I got an email from Telecom welcoming me to mobile broadband and with support info etc if I need it (which I don't, but thanks anyway!).

Only thing I didn't like was the rep at the Orb store didn't ask me for ID or ask me anything other than my Telecom email address.

Other than that, well pleased.

thefatmould: ^ I assume you had to show your telecom bill and that they verified it using the online portal like they did with all the others. The email address was not id the account # on the bill was.

NealR: You need to bring in some form of identification with a copy of your Broadband account. This enables us to give the free TStcik to the right person as there is only one free TSTick per Broadband account.

munchkin:

codyc1515:

matt45:

codyc1515:
No, you may be wrong, I just tried a Vodafone NZ sim in MY device, and I can assure you it didn't work, for whatever reason. Like I said, I quote from the rep: "Due to the nature of the promotion, the device provided may be locked."

To say that it is locked just because it didnt work for you is extremly narrow minded.

I apologize for saying that people were wrong, although I did say "didn't work, for whatever reason."
I did attempt to try using the APN's I found in a different thread, which is the same as the one's mentioned here, however as I said "didn't work, for whatever reason." and how is it narrow-minded if i'm going by what the person at the dedicated support centre for the T-stick said (even though they are usually wrong...)

Really, probably just a dead sim card :(

Nice work on editing your original post, and then the subsequent quoting of your original post - it helps if they match


While you did say "for whatever reason", you also said he was wrong - editing your original post and then using an excuse isn't smart. People can see


Anyway, I can assure you, along with many many other people here, that Telecom do not lock their devices.




Now, back on topic!

NealR: This SIM card/Phone number has $29.95 credit on it.
The phone numbers sold as part of this promotion have been automatically signed up for the 500MByte plan rather than the $1 per day plan.
On this 500 MB plan you'll be charged 10c per MB for the first 300 MB and the next 200 MB are free.

If you happen to go over your data allowance, then you'll automatically get a further 500 MB of data to use in that same calendar month for just $29.95. Same rules apply where you are charged 10c per MB for the first 300 MB and the next 200 MB are free. And after that's used up, then each megabyte will cost 10c until the end of the calendar month.

The SIM card (phone number) will have $29.95 credit on it until you use the SIM card. It does not disappear after one month. Remember a you need to topup at least once every 6 months.

ajw:

munchkin:

codyc1515:

matt45:

codyc1515:
No, you may be wrong, I just tried a Vodafone NZ sim in MY device, and I can assure you it didn't work, for whatever reason. Like I said, I quote from the rep: "Due to the nature of the promotion, the device provided may be locked."

To say that it is locked just because it didnt work for you is extremly narrow minded.

I apologize for saying that people were wrong, although I did say "didn't work, for whatever reason."
I did attempt to try using the APN's I found in a different thread, which is the same as the one's mentioned here, however as I said "didn't work, for whatever reason." and how is it narrow-minded if i'm going by what the person at the dedicated support centre for the T-stick said (even though they are usually wrong...)

Really, probably just a dead sim card :(

Nice work on editing your original post, and then the subsequent quoting of your original post - it helps if they match


While you did say "for whatever reason", you also said he was wrong - editing your original post and then using an excuse isn't smart. People can see


Anyway, I can assure you, along with many many other people here, that Telecom do not lock their devices.




Now, back on topic!

What about the Samsung W531. When these were sold they were sold  SIM locked. So don't say Telecom do not lock devices.

ajw:

munchkin:

codyc1515:

matt45:

codyc1515:
No, you may be wrong, I just tried a Vodafone NZ sim in MY device, and I can assure you it didn't work, for whatever reason. Like I said, I quote from the rep: "Due to the nature of the promotion, the device provided may be locked."

To say that it is locked just because it didnt work for you is extremly narrow minded.

I apologize for saying that people were wrong, although I did say "didn't work, for whatever reason."
I did attempt to try using the APN's I found in a different thread, which is the same as the one's mentioned here, however as I said "didn't work, for whatever reason." and how is it narrow-minded if i'm going by what the person at the dedicated support centre for the T-stick said (even though they are usually wrong...)

Really, probably just a dead sim card :(

Nice work on editing your original post, and then the subsequent quoting of your original post - it helps if they match


While you did say "for whatever reason", you also said he was wrong - editing your original post and then using an excuse isn't smart. People can see


Anyway, I can assure you, along with many many other people here, that Telecom do not lock their devices.




Now, back on topic!

What about the Samsung W531. When these were sold they were sold  SIM locked. So don't say Telecom do not lock devices.

morrisk: I am reasonably sure that I have understood the issues of how the 500MB monthly allowance works and the pre paid dollars but wanted to be able to monitor both the MBs and the dollars.

...

Has anybody found any other way of getting this information?