2degrees coverage in towns

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TheNATTEH

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#38090 24-Jul-2009 15:25

I've already read the posts saying that proper 2degrees signal will only be availible in the 3 main cities, but will it cost more to roam on Vodafone? Before I read the post in the forum, I thought that there wasn't going to be any coverage where I live (Waihi) as I searched for a network and my GSM phone only picked up vodafoneNZ. This doesn't really matter as I am usually at boarding school in Epsom, where 'NZ Comms' shows up when I search... anyway, my main questions are: Will it cost more to roam on vodafoneNZ and How long will it take 2degrees to have coverage in Waihi?

The latter question is probably for 2degrees themselves....

naggyman

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#238676 24-Jul-2009 16:25

As far as we know it won't cost any more to be roaming on VodaNZ. But we will find out more as soon as the plans are Released.
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Morgan French-Stagg

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TheNATTEH

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#238677 24-Jul-2009 16:32

THankyou! Oh and well done! You can get a blog now?

naggyman

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#238683 24-Jul-2009 17:15

TheNATTEH: THankyou! Oh and well done! You can get a blog now?

Yes I can, and have. Blog is empty right now, hopefully will be able to start to posting things soon.
Thanks for the thanks!

Morgan French-Stagg

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eXDee

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#238766 24-Jul-2009 21:41

I would think that having a higher 'roaming' cost would be counter productive to their goals.

manhinli

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#238948 25-Jul-2009 19:11

I would have expected 2degrees to factor that extra cost into their pricing, since most people are not familiar with "national roaming", and 2degrees needs to launch with as simple pricing as possible.

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naggyman

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#238950 25-Jul-2009 19:58

manhinli: I would have expected 2degrees to factor that extra cost into their pricing, since most people are not familiar with "national roaming", and 2degrees needs to launch with as simple pricing as possible.

I would expect as well.

It is too complicated if there is different pricing when on VodaNZ than when on 2degrees own network.
They did say that there plans wont be harder than the Davinci code to understand, telling me that the pricing will be the same.

Morgan French-Stagg

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