Comments on: Wireless Broadband Available Now on 3 Prepaid

By: C G Miller

C G Miller — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:48:50 +0000

Im just gobsmaked at Virgin Mobile Broadband ( USB stick ) …. First 29 days ran really well in Southern Brisbane … Day 30 it all changed … Can only use the GPRS system ( 3 times slower than my old bigpond dial up ) … If your Lucky on a Friday or a Saturday night , the congestion clears enough to use the broadband ( still not speeds advertised ) … You ring customer service , they lie to you … First call it was my computer … went and got the computer all sussed out , no viruses , or any probs at all … second call , ” They cant be definate , but they are sure it’s the antenna in my area being serviced , here have $20 credit ” …. Im in this for 2 years … Help ! I want out now ….

Do not touch Virgin Mobile Broadband and because of this experience , I will no longer be using their aeroplanes or anything involved with Virgin … This has been a SKANK !!! How are they getting away with it ? What goes around comes around I guess …

By: thomas vesely

thomas vesely — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:28:01 +0000

3 service,what service.600 bytes/sec.10 kb/s.complain,no one is listening.yesterday i lodged a formal complaint with ombudsman.the arrogance of this company is simply unbelievable.the only thing that seems to work is their retail outlets defrauding the public.never an answer to my emails………….teddy,i consider myself lucky when i get 30 kbps.once in 2/3 months i actually got nearly 300kbps.those were the moments.

By: teddy teodoro

teddy teodoro — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:03:05 +0000

Don’t go with Three. Their download speed is so low (30kbps) during peak hours.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:44:38 +0000

I have a telstra prepaid wireless broardband internet it will $100.00 for 6gb for 60 days I am thinking I am going to change to 3 prepaid wireless broadband internet or dodo Preapaid internet or oputus wireless broardband internet and what is worth it and has good recepition in brisbane

By: peebee

peebee — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:58:40 +0000

I have only just joined virgin wireless broadband because the wireless iburst is now finished.Why is it that these larger companies are allowed to charge more while providing less, such as charging for outgoing as well as downloads and still charging for excess downloads instead of speed limiting?
I have been in touch with Telstra and my local member to try and get DSL as I am on a rim exchange but the answer from both is ” because the demand is so much we have no intention of providing same”. So much for every Australian having access to high speed broadband.
THANK YOU GOVERNMENT…..THANK YOU TELSTRA AND COHORTS

By: onna madsen

onna madsen — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:19:40 +0000

I have had 3 pre pay wireless broadband for 4 days, When i brought it the salesman told me it was fast and reliable. Now since having it have found none of this to be correct. It is slow and is definately not reiable with the connection constantly dropping out or not being able to be connected which means i am wasting my money as well as wasting money on phone calls (i only have a mobile) Just today i have logged on a number of times only to have it drop out then when ringing to care line only to be put on hold for quite a while then that drops out. The service is not what i expected at all. Iam a disability pensioner and would have thought id get my moneys worth unless things change i will be changing to optus as ive tried my friends here and it works well may be some one would be kind enough to ring me to discuss this mess 02 96982216 if no follow up is done i will not be recommending 3 to my friends as it appears its not what it cracked up to be thank you

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Twittering from My Cheap Prepaid Mobile Phone | blogs4God — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:41:38 +0000

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By: timhu

timhu — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:35:00 +0000

$219 for that spec is pretty good, even in GSM terms!

By: scotty

scotty — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:02:36 +0000

I don’t think GSM data rate is coming down any soon — it’s an abandoned technology as all carriers are moving to 3G/3.5G networks. Expensive phone? Not quite. See this one

http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/7426

Samsung i600 BlackJack – HSDPA, Wifi, Qwerty keyboard, Windows Mobile 5 — $219. Even cheaper than some GSM phones…

By: timhu

timhu — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:17:50 +0000

Three is ridiculously expensive!

But HSPA will mean buying expensive phones …

I wonder if GSM data rates will come down anytime soon …