More 3 Fun
Tuesday 27 March 2007 at 5:53 pm I've got the data plan going ($5/month for 5MB)...3's got their
eries plans out.
The base plan:
$20/month
1000 minutes of Skype calls on the phone (if your phone supports skype) (yes, a cellphone provider allowing the use of skype).
Planet 3 Bumper Pack - news, sport, cricket TV etc
Mobile email - unlimited email on the phone
Mobile web and Mobile broadband - 500MB/month (whoa, suddenly the data plan I'm on doesn't seem so good...)
Access to Orb
and Yahoo/MSN on the phone.
Nice... except only the people with a select range of phones can use it.
I could upgrade my phone... but then I'd be on another 24 month contract, paying $18/month for a new phone... plus $20 for the
eries plan. $29+$18+$20 = ouch. For that kind of price, I would consider starting my own data network :P
From the person I talked to, I gathered that if I upgraded my phone outside of 3, I "may" be able to signup, but they "can't guarantee" that it will work, and "don't reccommend" it. Heh, since when do I do what's reccommended? :)
I don't actually care if the other services don't work - it's the 500MB of mobile broadband I really want. So maybe if I can still signup? I'll see what I can do...
Those questions over with, he asked if he could help with anything else.
"Can I get an unlock code, as I've been with you for 6 months?"
"Yeah, sure, what's the last 4 digits of your IMEI?"
"8582"
"Ok, your unlock code is..."
After I'm done with the call, switch the phone off, pull the battery, shove in my old Vodafone USIM (I used to be on vodafone prepaid before 3). Turn the phone on, enter the USIM pin, key in the unlock code, and... well, the SIM won't register to the network, having had the number ripped from it by 3, and having not been used since... 7 months ago?. Power the phone off, put the 3 USIM back in, and power it on. Note that I am now on 3, with an unlocked phone...
Ask any Telstra customer what they have to do to get an unlock code, it's funny. Just don't have any sharp objects nearby...