Australians - which mobile phone service would you recommend

[suzywong]

Hello

the Modern World and its attendant pressures has finally forced me in to getting a mobile telephone.

I don't want to do anything other than make and recieve calls, no cameras, no video, no blue whale tooth none of that palava.
I 'm thinking a pay as you go thing.

What do you reckon? What have you got?
I would rather avoid going to shop at Crazy John's for aesthetic reasons but welcome any suggestions

I thank you.

suzy dh just bought a simple nokia( from telstra) and he was with Telstra. We were then able to get a $5 sim card with out phone/internet company and he gets $20 worth of calls. We are with AAPT. You could check out the ones you can get from big w, kmart, same sort of phone as dh and reasonable price.

I got a phone/phots and videos etc from B shop and I pay $18 a month ( contract) and get that amount in calls. as dh and I rarely use our phones I really do not go over the call amount and neither does he.

hope that helps. Crazy Johns - is it still going??? the one at our local shopping centre has gone.

dh's telstra phone started out as a pay as you go - and I started with a simply nokia pay as you go. Really seemed like Optus and Telstra were very similar in price etc.

thanks eids

is there a section in K mart for Old Farts who can't do texting?
I will go in there and see what the best deal is, thanks for the advice

Hi SW. There is a very special vodafone for people like you with about 2 buttons.

Not scary at all

suzy - big W this week have a nokia phone, as well as bonus mp3, esky with built in speakers $99.

and esky with built in speakers???? you mean a device for keeping beer cook with built in speakers.

Oh lord I think I may have to drag my self to one of the strip malls, I still find them frightfully vulgar though ...... even if they are cheap and you can get everything under one roof

yup - looks like you plug your mp3 player into it and hit the stubbies whilst chilling out to your favourite music

So I've spent the last 20 years bringing mobile technology to the masses, only to be outdone by an esky with speakers?

LOL arfishy.... it does look naff but who knows - can always use an esky for those stubbies.

so what did you end up getting Suzy??