The Telstra prices were (and still are ridiculous) in my opinion. iBurst wanted $300 for a modem. I signed up with 3 today in 15 minutes, and their usb key works on Vista & XP instantly through an auto-install. I’m still trying to get it running under Linux, but the internet tells me it will work.

As in the post, $39/mth is hard to beat. You can turn off anything but 3G in the modem settings, so that should address roaming charges. There’s also a tiny tiny data amount that’s free when roaming, so a quick email or whatever is still ok.

Interestingly when I access lifehacker when connected via 3 I default to lifehacker US edition.

me and my friend both have iphones, mine is on telstra his is on optus.
Im on the 29 data pack im glad too hear ill be getting more for my money, but my telstra wireless speed is so much faster then my friends optus wireless, whats the point in having a huge limit like 3+ Gig if it comes in at dial up speed.
Im happy paying more for me the speed is worth it, Id advise anyone looking at a iphone to try out both optus and telstra before making a decision on price alone.

*oh also when you do make sure the iphone is on the wireless network not hooked up to the dealers Wifi.

Welcome to 2008 Telstra