Orange Plans

[Ext User(Stevesub)]

Any problems or hidden catches in the Orange plans, 9c for 30sec (From
Orange network) to any phone in Australia plus a few international
destinations seems too good to be true. Costs are more when roaming from the
Telstra network but still cheap as when compared with Telstra.

We need a CDMA phone and currently use a Telstra Pre-pay - what a rip off
when compared with Orange.

Stevesub

[Ext User(Pat)]

orange's coverage is woeful.


"Stevesub" <stevesub@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Any problems or hidden catches in the Orange plans, 9c for 30sec (From
> Orange network) to any phone in Australia plus a few international
> destinations seems too good to be true. Costs are more when roaming from
> the Telstra network but still cheap as when compared with Telstra.
>
> We need a CDMA phone and currently use a Telstra Pre-pay - what a rip off
> when compared with Orange.
>
> Stevesub
>
>

[Ext User(Michael)]

"Stevesub" <stevesub@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Any problems or hidden catches in the Orange plans, 9c for 30sec (From
> Orange network) to any phone in Australia plus a few international

Plus that 25c flagfall

> We need a CDMA phone and currently use a Telstra Pre-pay - what a rip off
> when compared with Orange.

Then bugger off to Orange, chuckles

[Ext User(Simon Templar)]

Stevesub wrote:
> Any problems or hidden catches in the Orange plans, 9c for 30sec (From
> Orange network) to any phone in Australia plus a few international
> destinations seems too good to be true. Costs are more when roaming from the
> Telstra network but still cheap as when compared with Telstra.
>
> We need a CDMA phone and currently use a Telstra Pre-pay - what a rip off
> when compared with Orange.
>
> Stevesub

Chances are if you NEED CDMA then it more than likely means you don't
have adequate GSM coverage. If that is the case then Orange will be
next to useless to you because it only covers Metropolitan areas, when
you are outside of Orange coverage then you will roam to Telstra.


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[Ext User(Gregory Kleverlaan)]

"Pat" <patclancyNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> orange's coverage is woeful.

Exactly. A friend of mine had an Orange phone that got no coverage in a very
popular Sdney suburb not too far from the CBD. Whilst my Telstra prepaid
mobile had 100% coverage for the same suburb.


> "Stevesub" <stevesub@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:42fd859a$0$845$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...
>> Any problems or hidden catches in the Orange plans, 9c for 30sec (From
>> Orange network) to any phone in Australia plus a few international
>> destinations seems too good to be true. Costs are more when roaming from
>> the Telstra network but still cheap as when compared with Telstra.
>>
>> We need a CDMA phone and currently use a Telstra Pre-pay - what a rip off
>> when compared with Orange.
>>
>> Stevesub
>>
>>
>
>

[Ext User(Steve B.)]

Gregory Kleverlaan said:

>
> "Pat" <patclancyNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
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..
>> orange's coverage is woeful.
>
> Exactly. A friend of mine had an Orange phone that got no coverage in a very
> popular Sdney suburb not too far from the CBD. Whilst my Telstra prepaid
> mobile had 100% coverage for the same suburb.

I borrowed a Telstra CDMA phone (thanks Frank!) - didn't connect it to the
network, just carried it around and compared the signal strength to my
Orange phone. Most places they were about the same. There was some variation
as you might expect but neither seemed to have a clear advantage, and I do
remember that the Orange phone had a much stronger signal in Kirribilli, on
Sydney's lower north shore. I elected to stay with Orange.

HTH,
Steve = : ^ )

[Ext User(Martin Taylor)]

Steve said....

> I borrowed a Telstra CDMA phone (thanks Frank!) - didn't connect it to
> the network, just carried it around and compared the signal strength to
> my Orange phone. Most places they were about the same. There was some

I could never understand that. How can a phone pick between the signals
from say Vodaphone and Optus or Telstra? Do they operate on slightly
varying frequencies or something, and depending on how it's connected,
to ignore the others? If so, how does it operate when you want to dial
000 or the emergency number 112 or whatever it is?

[Ext User(Frank)]

"Martin Taylor" <mjpt57@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Steve said....
>
>> I borrowed a Telstra CDMA phone (thanks Frank!) - didn't connect it to
>> the network, just carried it around and compared the signal strength to
>> my Orange phone. Most places they were about the same. There was some
>
> I could never understand that. How can a phone pick between the signals
> from say Vodaphone and Optus or Telstra? Do they operate on slightly
> varying frequencies or something, and depending on how it's connected,
> to ignore the others? If so, how does it operate when you want to dial
> 000 or the emergency number 112 or whatever it is?

It was a Telstra CDMA phone. It is not connected but still picks up the
Telstra CDMA signal, that's how Steve did his comparison with his Orange
phone. It has nothing to do with Optus or Vodafone.

Frank

[Ext User(Jimbo)]

Martin Taylor <mjpt57@gmail.com> wrote
> Steve said....
>
>> I borrowed a Telstra CDMA phone (thanks Frank!) - didn't connect it
>> to the network, just carried it around and compared the signal
>> strength to my Orange phone. Most places they were about the same.

> I could never understand that.

No surprises there.

> How can a phone pick between the signals
> from say Vodaphone and Optus or Telstra? Do they operate on
> slightly varying frequencies or something, and depending on how it's
> connected, to ignore the others?

Pathetic, really.

> If so, how does it operate when you
> want to dial 000 or the emergency number 112 or whatever it is?

They connect to any base they can hear, stupid.

[Ext User(Bullet)]

"Jimbo" <jimbo@jimbo.com> wrote in message
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> Martin Taylor <mjpt57@gmail.com> wrote
>> Steve said....
>>
>>> I borrowed a Telstra CDMA phone (thanks Frank!) - didn't connect it
>>> to the network, just carried it around and compared the signal
>>> strength to my Orange phone. Most places they were about the same.
>
>> I could never understand that.
>
> No surprises there.
>
>> How can a phone pick between the signals
>> from say Vodaphone and Optus or Telstra? Do they operate on
>> slightly varying frequencies or something, and depending on how it's
>> connected, to ignore the others?
>
> Pathetic, really.
>
>> If so, how does it operate when you
>> want to dial 000 or the emergency number 112 or whatever it is?
>
> They connect to any base they can hear, stupid.

That sounds an awful lot like,RODNEY SPEED.to me...Hmmmmmmm

[Ext User(Martin Taylor)]

Bullet said....

>> They connect to any base they can hear, stupid.
>
> That sounds an awful lot like,RODNEY SPEED.to me...Hmmmmmmm

Probably was. I didn't see his post until you replied to it. Stupid
prick can't figure out that I have smart twit filtering enabled. He
probably "thinks" that I filter on email addresses alone. I don't.

Anyway, aside from his idea of caustic barbs, he didn't provide any
answers to the questions that I asked. Not surprising, he's always been
good at bluster and bullshit.

[Ext User(Martin Taylor)]

Frank said....

>>> my Orange phone. Most places they were about the same. There was some
>>
>> I could never understand that. How can a phone pick between the signals
>> from say Vodaphone and Optus or Telstra? Do they operate on slightly
>> varying frequencies or something, and depending on how it's connected,
>> to ignore the others? If so, how does it operate when you want to dial
>> 000 or the emergency number 112 or whatever it is?
>
> It was a Telstra CDMA phone. It is not connected but still picks up the
> Telstra CDMA signal, that's how Steve did his comparison with his Orange
> phone. It has nothing to do with Optus or Vodafone.

My question was about how a phone can pick up say, the telstra signal
when it's a Telstra phone, but not say another network's signal when its
own network is not present.

Usually, it's the other way around. When I was with Optus, the signal
bar on my phone was usually reading about 1 bar or nothing, but mates'
Telstra connected phones would have a signal if we were away from an
Optus covered area.

[Ext User(John Henderson)]

Martin Taylor wrote:

> I could never understand that. How can a phone pick between
> the signals from say Vodaphone and Optus or Telstra? Do they
> operate on slightly varying frequencies or something, and
> depending on how it's connected, to ignore the others? If so,
> how does it operate when you want to dial 000 or the emergency
> number 112 or whatever it is?

They do use different ranges of channels (frequencies). But
that's done so that they don't interfere with each other's
signals, not so the phone can discriminate between the
carriers.

That discrimination is done on the basis of data that's being
constantly pumped out by each cell. More than a dozen
parameters are broadcast, describing what's possible/required
on each particular cell. The phone is permitted to ignore some
of this when setting up an emergency call.

John

[Ext User(Rod Speed)]

Martin Taylor <mjpt57@gmail.com> wrote
> Bullet said....

>>> They connect to any base they can hear, stupid.

>> That sounds an awful lot like,RODNEY SPEED.to me...Hmmmmmmm

> Probably was. I didn't see his post until you replied to it. Stupid
> prick can't figure out that I have smart twit filtering enabled. He
> probably "thinks" that I filter on email addresses alone. I don't.

Stupid cunt is so stupid that it hasnt even realised how making
it obvious enough to silly little prats like that that its one of mine,
they will quote it and you wont be able to ignore it.

Pathetic, really.

[Ext User(Bullet)]

> Stupid cunt is so stupid that it hasnt even realised how making
> it obvious enough to silly little prats like that that its one of mine,
> they will quote it and you wont be able to ignore it.
>
> Pathetic, really.

The only thing that is pathetic Rod is those stupid little fuckern
one-liners.They are OK for a while but then the novelty wears off after
about the 50th post .I will give you a bit of credit though for actually
making a statement which is more than five words long this time.First time
in a long time that I have seen you do that. And when you do reply
sometimes,your input appears on the face of it to be useful.

Shame that this is the exception,not the rule.

It's always the same old story.Some people have way too much time on their
hands.

[Ext User(Rod Speed)]

Some gutless fuckwit desperately cowering behind
Bullet <bullet610@@netspace.net.au> wrote just the
puerile shit thats always pouring from the back of it.

[Ext User(Bullet)]

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Some gutless fuckwit desperately cowering behind
> Bullet <bullet610@@netspace.net.au> wrote just the
> puerile shit thats always pouring from the back of it.

And here I was thinking you had turned the corner....Should have known
better I expect.

[Ext User(Rod Speed)]

Some gutless fuckwit desperately cowering behind
Bullet <bullet610@@netspace.net.au> wrote just the
puerile shit thats always pouring from the back of it.

[Ext User(Bullet)]

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Some gutless fuckwit desperately cowering behind
> Bullet <bullet610@@netspace.net.au> wrote just the
> puerile shit thats always pouring from the back of it.

And so it goes on from a person who is demonstrating to the world how much
of a dumb cunt he can be....shame that. If he put his mouth( and indeed his
keyboard)
to good use ,who knows how far he may have risen in
life?

Hey RODNEY,....Does your Mum know what you get up to when she leaves you
home to go to the shops?

[Ext User(Michael)]

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
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> Gregory Kleverlaan said:
>
> >
> > "Pat" <patclancyNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >
>
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> .
> >> orange's coverage is woeful.
> >
> > Exactly. A friend of mine had an Orange phone that got no coverage in a
very
> > popular Sdney suburb not too far from the CBD. Whilst my Telstra prepaid
> > mobile had 100% coverage for the same suburb.
>
> I borrowed a Telstra CDMA phone (thanks Frank!) - didn't connect it to the
> network, just carried it around and compared the signal strength to my
> Orange phone. Most places they were about the same. There was some
variation
> as you might expect but neither seemed to have a clear advantage, and I do
> remember that the Orange phone had a much stronger signal in Kirribilli,
on
> Sydney's lower north shore. I elected to stay with Orange.

Pretty useless test, signal quality and speech quality dont have a lot to do
with the number of "bars" on a CDMA phone