The iPhone 3G goes on sale at Virgin stores around Australia this
morning, offering the country's most generous iPhone data allowance at 5GB.
Virgin is selling Apple's 8GB iPhone 3G for $0 upfront on a $70 monthly
plan, which includes $520 worth of calls and 1GB of data. For an extra
$30 per month, customers can receive an extra 4GB of data and opt for
the 16GB iPhone 3G for $0 up front. All Virgin iPhone plans are for 24
months and it has no initial plans to sell the iPhone 3G outright.
"What we hear from our customers is that they really want the iPhone not
just because it's a cool device but they want to do stuff with it, and I
don't think that's been catered for in the market so far," said Virgin
Mobile Australia chief executive Peter Bithos.
"We heard pretty loud and clear from customers that they want data. One
gigabyte per month is fair but it's not generous. We want customers who
scoff at one gigabyte to have the option to get more."
Virgin's iPhone data plans bring its handset-based data pricing in line
with its mobile broadband data pricing, whereas other Australian mobile
carriers charge a significant premium for data used on a mobile phone,
as opposed to data used on a computer via a wireless data card.
"It's odd that wireless broadband pricing seems to be different to
mobile data pricing and so we're shooting to rectify that," Bithos said.
"I think as customers become more savvy they will start to realise that
data over a network is just data over a network, regardless of the
device used."
A subsidiary of Optus, Virgin Mobile Australia offers exactly the same
Australian mobile coverage as Optus - meaning Virgin iPhone 3G customers
outside metro and major regional areas will fall back to slow GPRS data
speeds.
Full details of Virgin's iPhone pricing will be available on the Virgin
Mobile website later this morning.
"Will Kemp" <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote in message
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> Personally, i couldn't care less about the iphone - but i know the
> parkybot cares, so i thought he might like to see this...
>
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolog...097485364.html
>
> Virgin unveils generous iPhone 3G plans
>
Alan Parkington wrote:
> "Will Kemp" <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote in message
> news:eHykk.106165$9I1.82695@newsfe16.ams2...
>> Personally, i couldn't care less about the iphone - but i know the
>> parkybot cares, so i thought he might like to see this...
>>
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolog...097485364.html
>>
>> Virgin unveils generous iPhone 3G plans
>>
>
> "Generous" is in the eye of the beholder.
>
> Also, where do the profits from this venture go?
On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:31:17 +0000, Alan Parkington wrote:
> "Will Kemp" <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote in message
> news:eHykk.106165$9I1.82695@newsfe16.ams2...
>> Personally, i couldn't care less about the iphone - but i know the
>> parkybot cares, so i thought he might like to see this...
>>
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolog...eils-generous-
iphone-3g-plans/2008/08/01/1217097485364.html
>>
>> Virgin unveils generous iPhone 3G plans
>>
>
> "Generous" is in the eye of the beholder.
Isn't a 5GB allowance at Virgin's rates, in your eyes, "generous"?
> Also, where do the profits from this venture go?
The benefits go back into the pockets to the Virgin customers who know they
are getting the best Iphone deal in Australia. Less money spent than if they
were on the extorniate data plans that Telstra offer.
"Alan Parkington" <aparkington@iheartthiscountry,com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Will Kemp" <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote in message
> news:eHykk.106165$9I1.82695@newsfe16.ams2...
>> Personally, i couldn't care less about the iphone - but i know the
>> parkybot cares, so i thought he might like to see this...
>>
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolog...097485364.html
>>
>> Virgin unveils generous iPhone 3G plans
>>
>
> "Generous" is in the eye of the beholder.
>
> Also, where do the profits from this venture go?
>
"QUEBURN" <nospam@spamontoast.com> wrote in message
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> What a sad bitter individual you are.
>
> The benefits go back into the pockets to the Virgin customers who know
> they are getting the best Iphone deal in Australia. Less money spent than
> if they were on the extorniate data plans that Telstra offer.
>
And how many apprenticeships are Virgn offering our Aussie kids?
How many charities are helped by them as opposed to the very giving Telstra
Foundation?
How many rural and remote communities will be served by the Virgin network?
Alan Poxington <wanker@iarsethiscountry,com.au> wrote
> QUEBURN <nospam@spamontoast.com> wrote
>> What a sad bitter individual you are.
>> The benefits go back into the pockets to the Virgin customers who
>> know they are getting the best Iphone deal in Australia. Less money
>> spent than if they were on the extorniate data plans that Telstra offer.
> And how many apprenticeships are Virgn offering our Aussie kids?
Since they dont do infrastructure, they dont need to, fuckwit.
> How many charities are helped by them as opposed to the very giving Telstra Foundation?
They choose to charge their customers less instead, fuckwit.
> How many rural and remote communities will be served by the Virgin network?
In relative terms it seems to be more "generous" than some other providers.
> Also, where do the profits from this venture go?
Does it really matter? These days you'll be hard pressed to find a wholy
Australian owned company that doesn't have some sort of importing of its
products.
And who owns all the companies in the energy and resource sectors, these days?
Then there's Qantas, our "flagship carrier". It's foreign owned to a certain
degree, and it's one of the biggest single causes of our current accounts
deficits, particularly when it's lashing out on a heap of new A380s soon...
On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:40:50 GMT, "Alan Parkington"
<aparkington@iheartthiscountry,com.au> wrote:
>
>"QUEBURN" <nospam@spamontoast.com> wrote in message
>news:4896d814$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>> What a sad bitter individual you are.
>>
>> The benefits go back into the pockets to the Virgin customers who know
>> they are getting the best Iphone deal in Australia. Less money spent than
>> if they were on the extorniate data plans that Telstra offer.
>>
>
>And how many apprenticeships are Virgn offering our Aussie kids?
>How many charities are helped by them as opposed to the very giving Telstra
>Foundation?
>How many rural and remote communities will be served by the Virgin network?
>
>Jack Squat, Sunshine, that's how many.
>
Yeah!
I'm with parkie.
I don't give a shit that I am being charged exorbitant fees for a
service while I know all those orphans and widows are being looked
after.
Yay for Telstra!!
--------------------------------------
If you want to win an argument, it is best to
stick to the truth.
Or provable untruths.
> Then there's Qantas, our "flagship carrier". It's foreign owned to a
> certain
> degree, and it's one of the biggest single causes of our current accounts
> deficits, particularly when it's lashing out on a heap of new A380s
> soon...
What a wanker. You expect an Australian aerospace industry to pop up
overnight?
Our foreign acct deficit is due to us importing so much foreign shit.
>
>
> > Then there's Qantas, our "flagship carrier". It's foreign owned to a
> > certain
> > degree, and it's one of the biggest single causes of our current accounts
> > deficits, particularly when it's lashing out on a heap of new A380s
> > soon...
>
> What a wanker. You expect an Australian aerospace industry to pop up
> overnight?
You're calling ME a wanker. Jesus christ. Read what I fucking well wrote, you
silly twat.
> Our foreign acct deficit is due to us importing so much foreign shit.
Snapper wrote:
> "Alan Parkington" <aparkington@iheartthiscountry,com.au> wrote...
>
>> "Generous" is in the eye of the beholder.
>
> In relative terms it seems to be more "generous" than some other providers.
>
>> Also, where do the profits from this venture go?
>
> Does it really matter? These days you'll be hard pressed to find a wholy
> Australian owned company that doesn't have some sort of importing of its
> products.
>
> And who owns all the companies in the energy and resource sectors, these days?
>
> Then there's Qantas, our "flagship carrier". It's foreign owned to a certain
> degree, and it's one of the biggest single causes of our current accounts
> deficits, particularly when it's lashing out on a heap of new A380s soon...
And then, of course, there's Telstra. It's foreign owned to a large
degree too.
Yep. Some may still consider them to be stingy. But if you compare them with the
competition, then as a relative term "generous" is probably understating it.
I wonder if we'll ever see "cap" plans for data usage like we have for voice
calls? Or a fixed monthly fee and "all you can eat" for calls, data, MMS/SMS and
so on.
"Snapper" <snapper1@y7mail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Michael wrote...
>
>> > Then there's Qantas, our "flagship carrier". It's foreign owned to a
>> > certain
>> > degree, and it's one of the biggest single causes of our current
>> > accounts
>> > deficits, particularly when it's lashing out on a heap of new A380s
>> > soon...
>>
>> What a wanker. You expect an Australian aerospace industry to pop up
>> overnight?
>
> You're calling ME a wanker. Jesus christ. Read what I fucking well wrote,
> you
> silly twat.
>
>> Our foreign acct deficit is due to us importing so much foreign shit.
>
> No shit, sherlock.
>
Don't be so tough on Michael. He has ear to ear shit for brains and his only
job has been a PMG cleaner; forgive him for being so dumb.
"Will Kemp" <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote in message
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> Snapper wrote:
>> "Alan Parkington" <aparkington@iheartthiscountry,com.au> wrote...
>>
>>> "Generous" is in the eye of the beholder.
>>
>> In relative terms it seems to be more "generous" than some other
>> providers.
>>
>>> Also, where do the profits from this venture go?
>>
>> Does it really matter? These days you'll be hard pressed to find a wholy
>> Australian owned company that doesn't have some sort of importing of its
>> products.
>>
>> And who owns all the companies in the energy and resource sectors, these
>> days?
>>
>> Then there's Qantas, our "flagship carrier". It's foreign owned to a
>> certain
>> degree, and it's one of the biggest single causes of our current accounts
>> deficits, particularly when it's lashing out on a heap of new A380s
>> soon...
>
> And then, of course, there's Telstra. It's foreign owned to a large degree
> too.
"Will Kemp" <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote in message
news:VSamk.167451$7O1.72203@newsfe12.ams2...
> Snapper wrote:
>> "Alan Parkington" <aparkington@iheartthiscountry,com.au> wrote...
>>
>>> "Generous" is in the eye of the beholder.
>>
>> In relative terms it seems to be more "generous" than some other
>> providers.
>>
>>> Also, where do the profits from this venture go?
>>
>> Does it really matter? These days you'll be hard pressed to find a wholy
>> Australian owned company that doesn't have some sort of importing of its
>> products.
>>
>> And who owns all the companies in the energy and resource sectors, these
>> days?
>>
>> Then there's Qantas, our "flagship carrier". It's foreign owned to a
>> certain
>> degree, and it's one of the biggest single causes of our current accounts
>> deficits, particularly when it's lashing out on a heap of new A380s
>> soon...
>
> And then, of course, there's Telstra. It's foreign owned to a large degree
> too.
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