<p>whether the problem is with the phones or not, telstra is selling these phones as nextg phones for use in rural areas, while working at target I had many customers annoyed with telstra for selling them their nextg phone, often because their cdma phone was broken and they had no choice, and were assured that nextg would provide the same range.</p><p>it matters not if the technology provides the same range if they are not being provided with the devices to access this range and it should be telstras role to ensure that the products they sell meet up to their claims&nbsp;</p>

lucky im with vodafone!

<p>Actually I have a Telstra service and I am very happy with it.</p>

<p>Might the problem be the dodgy salespeople?&nbsp; I mean, they might well know that the phone won&#39;t work in rural areas (blah blah blah), but heck, if they can get the money for it ...</p><p>And in the end, Telstra gets the blame, not the dodgy salesperson!</p>

get off Telstra!&nbsp; They are big business and Sol Trujillo is laughing all the way to the bank with a doubling of his short term incentives (allegedly?).&nbsp; They have just been smashing us for years and they are still by far the most expensive carrier in my view.