The only thing Telstra has going for it is that they have the greatest % of the population covered by their network, but no matter how much they play on that in their advertising, it doesn't change the fact that the vast majority of mobile users simply don't need that level of coverage because they rarely venture from major metro areas (which are sufficiently covered by the alternatives). The funny thing is that they think their network is reason enough to charge like a wounded bull compared to everyone else in the market. All I can say is if they do go with Telstra, and they offer the same purchase model as the US (buy phone w/ out needing to do a credit check & activate in store), then they are going to get a lot of people just buying it and unlocking it for use with another network - possibly even a higher % than with AT&T.
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The only thing Telstra has going for it is that they have the greatest % of the population covered by their network, but no matter how much they play on that in their advertising, it doesn't change the fact that the vast majority of mobile users simply don't need that level of coverage because they rarely venture from major metro areas (which are sufficiently covered by the alternatives).
The funny thing is that they think their network is reason enough to charge like a wounded bull compared to everyone else in the market.
All I can say is if they do go with Telstra, and they offer the same purchase model as the US (buy phone w/ out needing to do a credit check & activate in store), then they are going to get a lot of people just buying it and unlocking it for use with another network - possibly even a higher % than with AT&T.