Thanks Ronni, that makes sense, I will be in Sydney next week so I will hit the
apple store and try and find out more info.
Best Regards
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From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of
Ronda Brown
Sent: Wednesday, 15 July 2009 3:46 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: free telstra wifi, was RE: more iphone questions
Hi Hugh,
On 15/07/2009, at 1:33 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:
I have tried to do a bit more research about this free Telstra wifi
question for iphone, and I have been given several answers, none of
which quite make sense, and none of which I can test or validate as
I don't yet have an iphone.
1/. Telstra iphone support says that the iphone downloads a
different set of apps and Os when you connect to itunes, and one
of these bits actually knows that you are on a Telstra sim and
have an iphone therefore you get authenticated logon to Telstra
wireless points.
From my experience I understand that when the Telstra Person inserted
my SIM Card (which was my original SIM card I had in my old Nokia),
connected it to iTunes on their computer it Tethered / Activated my
iPhone Plan.
2/. Telstra sales man says that you need to have an actual iphone
plan from Telstra as this triggers the authentication
That's correct as far as I am aware.
3/. Whirlpool forums indicate that with the older iphone 3G the wifi
spots were only free when the bill was generated, ie you associated
with a Telstra wifi spot, accepting the charges, but at the end of
the session the charge was zero'd.
That sounds correct.
On my New iPhone 3G S you download BigPond Mobile for iPhone which
places an icon on your Home Screen.
NB: BigPond Mobile for iPhone content is available when your iPhone is
connected to the Telstra Next GT network, but is not available when
accessing the internet via a WiFi hotspot.
When you are in a Telstra Wireless Hot Spot (WA doesn't have many at
all), you launch the BigPond Mobile for iPhone you are directed to
the Telstra Wi-Fi login screen.
You select the Telstra Post-Paid Mobile login option and enter your
Telstra mobile phone number.
Read and accept the 'Things you need to know'.
You'll receive a one-time login PIN via SMS. Via the login screen,
enter the 6-digit PIN and submit the details.
Then when you log off from the service you'll receive an SMS
containing your session details.
The message will confirm the session is free for Phone Plan for iPhone
customers.
http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/phones/iphone/get_started.html
http://www.telstra.com.au/wirelesshotspots/locations.htm
Does anyone have any experience of any of these? It occurs to me
that if 3 is the case, then you really have no choice but to buy an
iphone through Telstra if the free wifi is a big selling point, but
if one or 2 is the case then it may be possible just to have an
applstore iphone, a Telstra nextg/3g sim and the connection settings
to make it work?
I am not sure, but I imagine you need to have an iPhone Plan with
Telstra which includes Data to be able to access the Telstra Wireless
Hot Spots for FREE.
Cheers,
Ronni
Best Regards
Hugh Griffiths
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-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Hugh Griffiths
Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 1:02 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: more iphone questions
Hi, I currently have a Telstra sim and number, I am quite happy with
my plan ( partly because work pays for it, and partly because of the
domestic and international coverage from Telstra). I would like to
buy an iphone from the apple store but have one burning question
1/. If I use a Telstra sim and an iphone, will I still get access to
Telstra wifi spots for free
Does anyone know the answer to this?
Best Regards
Hugh Griffiths
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