On Thu, 1 May 2008 00:11:28 +1000, "thegoons" <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote:

>I had an unused CDMA prepaid service which got cut off with the closure on
>Monday. Do you think if I wait, Telstra will throw a last minute offer to
>retain the service (eg freebie ZTE handset)?

The ZTE is one of Telstra's finest pieces of technology, not! Mate got one to
replace his Moto CDMA and quickly found it was shite. Phoned the Telscum NextG
helpline and reported his issues.

Telscum: "ah, you've got a ZTE then.."
(so it was hardly an orphan.)

Mate: "yup"

Telscum: "hold tight, we're sending you a replacement LG handset/carkit"

Mate: "what should I do with the ZTE?"

Telscum: (short silence, suppressing the obvious response) "Anything you like.
Don't send it back."

>should I try porting the
>number to Optus with their offer for ex-Telstra CDMA subscribers connecting
>with them?

Depends on the coverage you want. If you want CDMA-like coverage your only
chance is to hope that nextG eventually achieves that. Optus 3G won't ever come
close.