iPhone in Australia: Which carrier do you use?

[The Truth]

I was just wondering, which carrier have Australians found the most success with as far as data/internet is concerned.

[thats nice]

I was just wondering, which carrier have Australians found the most success with as far as data/internet is concerned.

No carries are any good for use with the iPhone regarding the use of edge (internet). If you want to use the internet on the iPhone i suggest you move to America and use the AT&T unlimited data plan. Optus is currently charging me $30 a month for 100mb and $70 or so for my cap. It's alright, you just cant use youtube because you'll go over the limit and get raped with their prices per kb.

[The Truth]

Yeah, nobody here offers unlimited data. Has anyone done any research as to the best deals available?

[m242]

I am on Telstra, $29 per month for 80MB data
If you have wifi at home/work it is enough. You can check your usage in settings>usage

[rotur]

I'm on Optus as well and use the Wifi settings as I was unaware that the phone was set to default to edge when I was out of Wifi range. I typically would end up paying $80-90 a month on a $49 cap plan because of edge. I have now switched it off and will see what that does to my cap for the next month. BUT as my Phone is ddead, it may be a moot point. 'The Truth'...did you sort your problem out with yours 'being dead'?

Roman

[TurboSC]

Has Apple announced when they're bringing the phone to Australia at all? :/

[SirCrumpet]

Has Apple announced when they're bringing the phone to Australia at all? :/

"2008"

Don't hold your breath.

[doobi18]

i have just ordered an iphone, and i plan to put it on telstra, with whom i already have a plan (that is of course if 1.1.2 is unlocked enabling me to actually use it as a phone).



however after looking at the ridiculous pricings for data giving you a few megabytes, i made the easy decision to avoid edge and just use internet under wifi.



aussie telcos have obviously not considered data packages as mainstream internet access (as per iphone). i am liable to use well in excess of 1gb usage on a good day on my mac, so you can only guess how far 80mb would go in a month :confused:


doobs

[zetsurin]

As and Aussie who has been living in the UK for 2+ years, I have to say I am stunned to see how little mobile data has progressed in Aus. It's looking like the laughing stock. I pay £7.50 a month for prepay data that's good for around 200MB here in London. Now that isn't earth shatteringly good, but it sure beats the crap out of anything I can get in Aus.

When I first arrived in London, I was shocked about how expensive the place is, but now it's looking like Aus aint looking particularly good on that front!!

[tomass]

I'm using optus $50 blackberry unlimited plan. I'm not sure whether you can sign up to this without linking it to a BB, as i just used the same settings in the iPhone to my BB and gprs works fine.

slow, but fine.

BTW: telstra is the only company that offers EDGE in Australia, the rest offer the slower gprs.

Also, if you cant get on the Optus BB unlimited plan, which is a shame as it's pretty much the only unlimited plan i could find, try the Virgin 300mb cap which is only $10 per month.