Optus CDMA phone on Telstra account?

Is it possible to connect an Optus CDMA phone on a Telstra account? I
know Telstra won't allow Orange phones, but i don't remember ever
seeing anything about Optus ones, as Optus uses the Telstra network
anyway...

Will

Will@xxxx.Swaggie.net wrote:
> Is it possible to connect an Optus CDMA phone on a Telstra account? I
> know Telstra won't allow Orange phones, but i don't remember ever
> seeing anything about Optus ones, as Optus uses the Telstra network
> anyway...
>
> Will
>

Prior to the Next G network starting you could have because as you say,
Optus CDMA was just Telstra CDMA resold. I'm not sure if Telstra are
allowing new CDMA connections any more. If you are in an area where
it's identified that there is no Next G coverage, but there is Telstra
CDMA, you might be in luck, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

As far as Orange CDMA phones was concerned, even then it wasn't clear
cut. Orange sold CDMA phones configured for their network as the home
network in Sydney and Melbourne. In Brisbane at least, they also sold
CDMA phones configured to have Telstra as the home network.

On Jun 14, 8:52 pm, Graeme Willox <graemewil...@aapt.net.au> wrote:

> Prior to the Next G network starting you could have because as you say,
> Optus CDMA was just Telstra CDMA resold. I'm not sure if Telstra are
> allowing new CDMA connections any more. If you are in an area where
> it's identified that there is no Next G coverage, but there is Telstra
> CDMA, you might be in luck, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Yeah, thanks.

Where i'm going to be living (Maningrida, NT) there was no NextG -
until now, that is. Apparently, they're testing it there at the moment
and it should stay up afterwards. So it's probably not an issue any
more.

Will

"Will@xxxx.Swaggie.net" <will2478@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1181798539.673004.242950@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
> Is it possible to connect an Optus CDMA phone on a Telstra account? I
> know Telstra won't allow Orange phones, but i don't remember ever
> seeing anything about Optus ones, as Optus uses the Telstra network
> anyway...

You can ESn change to an optus one, but no new connections

>
> Will
>

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:52:00 +1000 Graeme Willox may have written:
> As far as Orange CDMA phones was concerned, even then it wasn't clear
> cut. Orange sold CDMA phones configured for their network as the home
> network in Sydney and Melbourne. In Brisbane at least, they also sold
> CDMA phones configured to have Telstra as the home network.

Roaming != Home

In my experience, Telstra CSR's CDMA interface (and presumably more
behind it) refused to accept an Orange ESN - even after reconfiguring
the phone to act as a Telstra CDMA handset.

PD

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Paul Day
Web: http://www.enigma.id.au/

Paul Day wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:52:00 +1000 Graeme Willox may have written:
>> As far as Orange CDMA phones was concerned, even then it wasn't clear
>> cut. Orange sold CDMA phones configured for their network as the home
>> network in Sydney and Melbourne. In Brisbane at least, they also sold
>> CDMA phones configured to have Telstra as the home network.
>
> Roaming != Home
>
> In my experience, Telstra CSR's CDMA interface (and presumably more
> behind it) refused to accept an Orange ESN - even after reconfiguring
> the phone to act as a Telstra CDMA handset.
>
> PD
>

These were definately Telstra services resold though. We got them at
work as new services before MNP and porting (or whatever it was that
Telstra used to call it when you moved between Telstra GSM and Telstra
CDMA and vice versa.)

They all had 0428 prefixes straight from new, which by default is within
the Telstra number range.

I connected my CDMA handset to Southern Cross Mobile the other day, it
was originally on CDMA then they upgraded to Telstra GSM but allowed
me to go back so perhaps give them a try.

Southern Cross only allow new CDMA connections for existing customers with a
current operating service. No CDMA connections for new customers.

If you know someone that has a current mobile account with Southern Cross,
activate the service on their account and then do a change of ownership to a
new account in your name. May just work,did for me.


<bhemmings@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I connected my CDMA handset to Southern Cross Mobile the other day, it
> was originally on CDMA then they upgraded to Telstra GSM but allowed
> me to go back so perhaps give them a try.
>