Thread: Telstra CDMA to Next G - free phones

Not all that odd, CDMA is going to end - so you have to change - and telstra are just making it easy for you not to go to another provider - when the changes is nessesary

The thought is that with all the offers going on from others - you may be tempted to go elsewhere

Well that is my cut on it anyway

I agree that they are wanting us to stay so giving us the phones. However as a CDMA customer I am not used to being looked after. I feel that Telstra with regard to CDMA assume that you only use CDMA (or Next G) as you need the coverage. So since no one else offers the network then they have no reason to give you stuff to stay with them.

However when I was a GSM customer they used to do things such as give discounts on bills and free stuff to keep us with Telstra.

Very strange I would think..... Considering they have control of the network and you don't have a choice.

Or is there something in the wind........... Federal election and all

They are contacting everyone with CDMA offering upgrades.

http://www.telstra.com.au/cdmaupgrade

BradM

They have sent e a couple of texts

I've had mobile phones since 94 and I'm only on my third since then. I do tend to keep them.

I'll wait until January and look around then. There is nothing wrong with the phone I have now

Well I got my free NextG phone yesterday and had it connected this morning.

I must say I was pleasantly surprised that my promised LG TU550 turned out to be a Nokia 6120 classic

Couldn't have come at a better time since my Kyocera KX5 CDMA phone's buttons on the front panel only work intermittently.

it's a pity the Telstra refuse to wholesale (ATM) the Next G network to the smaller retailers that they currently wholesale the CDMA network to. Obviously trying to force customers such as myself back to their arms, whether we want to be with them or not.
Smacks of abuse of market power.

<edit> bottom line is they are getting my money anyway, just that ATM I feel a little better as I'm not paying them directly. According to my provider (Southern Cross Telco) they have something like 15,000 other country customers who feel the same way and really don't want to deal with Telstra, but need country coverage.

mmm i had a cdma phone untill last month
When i went into a telstra shop and they gave me a Nokia classic free on Next G and (Get this) they Cleared my $250 PHONE BILL.Which made me do the change
Could not belive it