Skype or Twitter or 3G mobile phones:CDMA mobile network ended in Australia
Tonight at 12 midnight the CDMA mobile network in Australia was turned off and the 3G network for mobiles (or cell phones) is now the only one available. I was listening to all the complaints on late night radio. Old CDMA networked phones in rural areas were working and now the 3G doesn’t. Some rang into the program using Skype because their mobiles were not working. There is going to be a real hullabaloo over this tomorrow.
Our new computer came with a skype headset, so I decided to get it going. I know one person who uses Skype but I didn’t call, as it was too late but the test was nice a clear. There’s chat there and there are pitfalls. Within 5 minutes I was being hit on by a Dutch man who was 38 and you know how old I am. He wanted a picture. No way. On the public phone bit I heard all sorts or weird phone calls. And to ring a land line or mobile you must buy credit. Cheaper than using a mobile or land line, I hear.
I’ve just added Twitter to my blog. It seems all the rage. But with Twitter people seem to write the most mundane things about ‘what they are up to’, including some fairly lewd activities.
So for Australians at the moment what is the solution for their telecommunications. I can use a 3G mobile, twitter, Facebook chat, gmail chat, landline and now Skype. But I live in a major capital city. It’s the remote and rural areas which are having problems. If I were stuck at my computer a lot, which I am a fair bit, then I think Skype would be best. But everyone must have Skype for it to be free. My friends don’t seem to have it yet. But it would bring down the phone bills if I got some credit for it to ring various businesses or radio stations, because I often use my mobile to ring such places as I need to be looking at my computer for details pertinent to my call.
I hope more people will get on to Skype soon so we can pay nothing for our phone calls then.
