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#61583 19-May-2010 11:41

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3713519/Facebook-goes-text-only-for-cellphones

Is Vodafone going to offer FB zero?

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#331810 19-May-2010 11:54

Have you tried going to zero.facebook.com yet?

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#331813 19-May-2010 12:00

its actually 0.facebook.com, not zero.facebook.com - its live now..

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#331814 19-May-2010 12:02

Wow so stuff was right for a change... other sites have been saying its zero.facebook.com, by live to do mean it works on VF?

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#331816 19-May-2010 12:04

I get "0.facebook.com is not available from your mobile carrier." when i try to access fb zero on my voda cellphone

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#331818 19-May-2010 12:07

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=391295167130

lists countries it is launching, but doesn't show NZ on that list. (unless my reading skills are severely lacking)

it sounds great for casual users though - unmetered access is a definite plus!

ETA: ah, crap, my reaidng skills are severely lacking
just below the countries at launch it lists ones 'coming soon'

"Soon, 0.facebook.com will also be available from the following operators: Telstra in Australia, Movistar in El Salvador, SFR in France, XL in Indonesia, DiGi in Malaysia, Telecom NZ in New Zealand, SMART in the Philippines, Vodafone in Qatar, Digicel in Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, 3 in the UK, and MTN in Cameroon and Guinea Conakry."

ALTRON

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#331819 19-May-2010 12:09

Yeah, telecom nz is listed though :S

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#333426 22-May-2010 23:49

ALTRON: Yeah, telecom nz is listed though :S

It actually says that Telecom is coming soon, which could mean anything.

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#333658 23-May-2010 17:50

They already have it, check the telecom forum.

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#333659 23-May-2010 17:58

Correct... It's already available on Telecom XT: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=39&topicid=61603

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#333684 23-May-2010 19:49

vodafone? probably not, at least for some for a period of time, based on this....

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#333701 23-May-2010 20:17

Regs: vodafone? probably not, at least for some for a period of time, based on this....

I was looking for that advert but couldn't find it... Thanks.

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#333716 23-May-2010 20:38

one major question. what does telecom get out of this? share of the ad revenue maybe?

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#333719 23-May-2010 20:42

Many things, for one it helps get people to use a standardised version of facebook mobile that is less data intensive then the original mobile version and it gets people used to mobile web.

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#333791 23-May-2010 22:26

markh14: one major question. what does telecom get out of this? share of the ad revenue maybe?

how about a legion of facebook addicts users moving to the XT network due to the cost savings to be had from free facebook texts, and multi-network TXT packages?

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