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#355002 22-Jul-2010 16:32

walt12:
SteveON: How I see it working is 2d want to see what Telecom and VF have in their hands. When they make a move 2d will follow. They dont want to come in with a more expensive product then have to change the price next week just to compete... Well that is my view because it does not make any logical sense to take 3G down...

iPhone4 plans you mean?

I really really wish the market would stop differentiating between iPhone, Blackberry, mobile broadband, and mobile data plans.? Data is data, anyway you cut it.? The only difference is handset subsidies, which are normally laid bare anyway because they advertise an outright buy price.

Blackberry will never change as the way Blackberry works to other devices

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#355008 22-Jul-2010 16:35

manhinli: I'm kinda disappointed it'll be locked down - but like everyone else - am wondering why?

Typical release strategy - develop, prototype, user acceptance testing (silent in this case), then change control to move the new systems into production.

One big question that there doesn't seem to be a straight answer to - will the roaming agreement on voda use the voda 3g network?

i.e. are only the 2g sites becoming 3g meaning the other 52% of NZ has GPRS still? Or will the rest roam on voda 3g??

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#355009 22-Jul-2010 16:35

johnr:
walt12:
SteveON: How I see it working is 2d want to see what Telecom and VF have in their hands. When they make a move 2d will follow. They dont want to come in with a more expensive product then have to change the price next week just to compete... Well that is my view because it does not make any logical sense to take 3G down...

iPhone4 plans you mean?

I really really wish the market would stop differentiating between iPhone, Blackberry, mobile broadband, and mobile data plans.? Data is data, anyway you cut it.? The only difference is handset subsidies, which are normally laid bare anyway because they advertise an outright buy price.

Blackberry will never change as the way Blackberry works to other devices

or because of the way RIM will control what Vodafone charge in some way i bet, didn't Vodafone say they had the same issue with Apple controlling what they could and couldn't do with the iPhone plans?

in some ways be an unofficial carrier has its advantages

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#355011 22-Jul-2010 16:36

SteveON: Well that is my view because it does not make any logical sense to take 3G down...

It does if they need to make some service disrupting changes. It's much better that they tell everyone it is being turned off/locked up otherwise people will start complaining about the poor network.

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#355020 22-Jul-2010 16:53

dckiwi: One big question that there doesn't seem to be a straight answer to - will the roaming agreement on voda use the voda 3g network?

Yes, you will have 3G wherever you are, either on one network or another.

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#355021 22-Jul-2010 16:55

Here are a couple of screenshots from the Huawei software that came preinstalled in the USB modem:

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#355023 22-Jul-2010 16:58

are you using windows? i am AMAZED you were able to get it so you weren't transferring anything at the time of the screenshot. mine wont stop!!! its always talking rubbish to something.

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#355024 22-Jul-2010 16:59

freitasm:
dckiwi: One big question that there doesn't seem to be a straight answer to - will the roaming agreement on voda use the voda 3g network?

Yes, you will have 3G wherever you are, either on one network or another.

Yes %110 for sure

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#355026 22-Jul-2010 17:00

pwner: are you using windows? i am AMAZED you were able to get it so you weren't transferring anything at the time of the screenshot. mine wont stop!!! its always talking rubbish to something.

I use Windows but my machines are lean. I don't install crapware, toolbars, etc. Windows itself, if kept up-to-date is quite "silent".

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#355036 22-Jul-2010 17:30

Managed to source these through the Google Cache :)
Click the image for a bigger picture.

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#355037 22-Jul-2010 17:32

johnr:
freitasm:
dckiwi: One big question that there doesn't seem to be a straight answer to - will the roaming agreement on voda use the voda 3g network?

Yes, you will have 3G wherever you are, either on one network or another.

Yes %110 for sure

I'm detecting sarcasm??

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#355038 22-Jul-2010 17:35

Also, going by the model number mentioned and the Huawei modem mentioned by freitasm, I found the following specs:

"Huawei E1552 Modem Specifications