"John Henderson" <jhenRemoveThis@talk21.com> wrote in message
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> will_s wrote:
>
>> Just canceled my mobile phone with Telstra and will pay out
>> the contract.
>> Now I wish to go a prepaid phone and was wondering if I can
>> use my current mobile Sony EricssonWalkman W810i and how
>> would I do this ?
>
> As far as I'm aware, Telstra don't lock the phones they sell on
> contract (unlike their pre-paid phones) So you should have no
> problems using a pre-paid SIM from any network. A pre-paid
> starter pack should get you going. You might be able to borrow
> a SIM from someone using the network of your choice, just to
> prove the phone isn't locked.
>
> If you want to use the phone for data (rather than just voice
> and SMS), make sure that's available with the starter kit you
> buy. You might also need to tweak some configuration settings
> to use non-Telstra data services.
>
> John


Thanks