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"Frank Slootweg" <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in message 
news:dn9n7aFf04vU1@mid.individual.net...
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Frank Slootweg" <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:dn7rk4Ft52U1@mid.individual.net...
>> > SG1 <lost@the.races.com> wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >> Aldi is using the Telstra network and is/has gone to 4G. So it is 
>> >> usable.
>> >
>> >  You'd better *check* that, both in theory - i.e. with the coverage
>> > maps on the *Aldi*, *not* Telstra, website - and in practice - i.e. by
>> > buying a 'starter pack' and actually trying it on site.
>> >
>> >  I say this, because last time (23DEC2015) I checked these 'cheap'
>> > providers, I found that Aldi uses *part of* the Telstra network.
>> >
>> >  Aldi also *says* so:
>> >
>> > "Medion Australia Pty Ltd. trading as ALDImobile uses part of
>> > Telstra's 3G mobile network.
>>
>> That was before the most recent addition of 4G.
>
>  The webpage *still* says that!

Because currently 4G isnt available yet.

>  Note that the site only says "4G is coming soon..." ... "We
> will be gradually migrating customers over the next 4 weeks".

So clearly 4G will be available.

> The coverage map does not mention 4G at all.

So clearly it has yet to be updated.

>  So until *Aldi* says it uses the complete Telstra network and
>  *changes* their coverage map, my advice to SG1 still holds:
>
>  *Check* on site, especially because this is about a *fixed* location!

Doesn’t alter the fact that Aldi may well be much better value
than Telstra and the most that may be required is to use Telstra
for a couple of weeks if the need is urgent. 

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Mobile internet "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-04-13 10:05 +1000
  Re: Mobile internet "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 10:53 +1000
    Re: Mobile internet "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-04-13 11:11 +1000
      Re: Mobile internet "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-04-13 11:21 +1000
        Re: Mobile internet "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 14:20 +1000
        Re: Mobile internet Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-04-13 20:42 +0000
          Re: Mobile internet "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-04-14 06:49 +1000
            Re: Mobile internet Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-04-13 21:22 +0000
              Re: Mobile internet "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-04-14 09:39 +1000
                Re: Mobile internet Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-04-14 14:19 +0000
                Re: Mobile internet "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-04-15 04:49 +1000
          Re: Mobile internet "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-04-14 07:19 +1000
      Re: Mobile internet "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 12:55 +1000
        Re: Mobile internet "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-04-13 13:10 +1000
          Re: Mobile internet "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 14:49 +1000
      Re: Mobile internet Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 17:16 +1000
        Re: Mobile internet Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 17:30 +1000
        Re: Mobile internet "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-04-13 18:45 +1000
          Re: Mobile internet Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 21:06 +1000
            Re: Mobile internet Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 21:17 +1000
            Re: Mobile internet "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-04-13 22:24 +1000
              Re: Mobile internet Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 22:47 +1000
  Re: Mobile internet news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-04-13 04:46 +0000
    Re: Mobile internet Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 17:20 +1000
    Re: Mobile internet "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-04-13 18:48 +1000
      Re: Mobile internet news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-04-14 14:44 +0000
    Re: Mobile internet SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-04-13 22:48 +1000

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