New $35/50MB CDMA Data Plan

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#4545 1-Aug-2005 11:51

Telecom has officially release "Mobile Broadband 50"

$35+gst monthly
50MB monthly (up/down, 10kb rounding per session etc)

95c + gst per MB excess use charge.

Bridges a fine gap between Flexi $10 and MBB100 $53.

It offers twice the megabytes for $35 than flexi does (Flexi : $10 + 25MB x $1 = $35/25MB)

"Designed for use with PDAs, but available for all data devices"

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#17339 1-Aug-2005 12:20

cool! shame it was not offered together with T3G's mobile broadband offer with free mobile broadband card and free WiFi...

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#17348 1-Aug-2005 14:31

that offer is still on, and you can take it up on Flexi, then switch to MBB50 as they are the same tier (no penalties).

If anyone in contract wants to be on that plan, just call your Telecom dealer / rep / acc manager.

They (Telecom) may even retrospectively add that plan to the deal.

Deal has been extended to end of August

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[Who what why when how?>???]
1 months free access
free data card on 36 month flexi or 24 month 100,200,500MB
free Dlink 802.11g card
free Telecom wifi hotspot usage till end of year.

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#17349 1-Aug-2005 14:33

oh? is it? wow! it was extended from june to july, and now to august! awesome... mmmmmmm

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#17350 1-Aug-2005 14:34

oh p/s: regarding Telecom HotSpot free usage, i'm not an Xtra user, how will i eligible for HotSpot free usage then?

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#17351 1-Aug-2005 14:35

yeah - there is one promo that has been extnded month on month for over a year now!!

it just means they can pull it anytime they like and feel good about only having to give one months notice.

they should have done that with $10 text uncapped LOL

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#17352 1-Aug-2005 14:36

i -think- they will give you a free xtra username for 'x' period of time. I forget that bit sorry.

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#17353 1-Aug-2005 14:49

no problem.. mmmmm i will be thinking about it then. hope vodafone 3G plans will become available very soon, then i can compare the two.

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#17354 1-Aug-2005 14:53

dont expect telecom will be beaten on price in 3G data given their previous public statements that they just wont be beaten in the mobile market....

I would think Vodas 3G pricing will be sharp, and Telecom will fairly instantly match or better it, making the only considerations coverage and speed.

We know who wins half of that argument already (speed), and coverage is pretty well sorted too...

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#17355 1-Aug-2005 15:03

yup. but just want to sort the pathway to 3G ready, as i am interested in getting HTC univeral (3G pocketpc phone)

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#17356 1-Aug-2005 15:05

HTC has some great gear. They should be careful, or they might end up a household name before too long :-)

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#17357 1-Aug-2005 16:48

Disenchanted you seem to know about vodafone's 3G coverage in New Zealand can you please advise where this is going to be? Thanks

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#17363 1-Aug-2005 17:22

Sorry, I have zero idea (beyond what I read in the net-news) about Vodas intended 3G coverage. When I said "coverage is pretty well sorted too" I meant that Telecom have announced their coverage, and it was pretty good news.

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#17364 1-Aug-2005 17:26

Telecom were very tight lipped about their coverage plans, and the rumours were quite vague, and only surfaced a week or two before the official announcements. (From what I saw)

I can only assume Vodafone is being even more secretive, as they are probably planning a huge impact with their launch, and wouldnt want to dilute it with too much leaked info.

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#17370 1-Aug-2005 17:49

Have heard details of one of the new Voda plans for 3G and if it is true, and if Telecom are forced to match it, then you will all be very very happy indeed. It is way beyond anything currently in the market.

But it will show that mobile operators have all but given up on making real money out of mobile data - and it would mean that Skype over EV-DO would be far cheaper than making a local voice call - let alone international. Not sure if Skype will work over UMTS due to latency?

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#17371 1-Aug-2005 17:52

Well you'd say for sure major cities - central and suburban. That would the priority. If you provide awesome coverage in Auckland you can get acess to over 25% of NZ.

Probably similar to Telecom, towns over a certain size and then you've got the main state roads.

Plus if you were smart major holiday resorts.

In-fill will be something that comes later.

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