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171647 2003-08-29 11:37:00 www.directron.com

Is this the Card that Telecom and Vodafone are charging $700
frossy13 (4462)
171648 2003-08-29 11:42:00 No

Thats a wireless LAN card. Cheap local networking option

Telecom - Vodafone cards are a cellphone+modem in a card.

Big difference
godfather (25)
171649 2003-08-29 12:04:00 So do u reckon u could buy the card in America or would it be different technology - things appear so much cheaper in the States frossy13 (4462)
171650 2003-08-29 12:15:00 Probably not. N America uses 1900hz band. NZ uses 900Hz. That's why u have single, dual and triple band cellphones. I doubt these cards are triband but u can always check.

Between, I am not sure if u are after cellphone cards or the later GRPS Vodafone or CDMA Telecom Mobile Jetstream cards. All I can say is make sure u are getting the same product there as u get here..
nomad (3693)
171651 2003-08-29 12:33:00 U sure u want this Jetstream on cellphone? $5 per MB!!


Telecom Mobile Jetstream (www.telecom.co.nz)

Vodafone is priced similar
Telecom Mobile Jetstream (www.vodafone.co.nz)
nomad (3693)
171652 2003-08-29 12:40:00 These cards has their own antenna.

Or u can get those cable solutions which tags onto the cellphone. Same thing basically.

U seen that Telecom commercial with the New York music advert?? The guy sticks the card in the laptop and extend the antenna?? Yeah that thing ... Telecom has a plan ranging from 8c per 10KB traffic ($8 per MB), and plans which are cheaper per unit of data but u must pay a larger monthly fee of purchasing more MB's (prepurchase).
nomad (3693)
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