While the USA and the UK have been swanning it up with music subscription services like Spotify, Pandora and Mog, we Australians have lived it up with iTunes and record stores. We’ve been teased with the promise of all you can eat music for a monthly subscription and that’s the way it still stands except for one of the big overseas players. Rdio. I’ve had a peak and, for the most part, I like what I hear. Read the rest of this entry →
As a bit of a follow up to my ongoing drama with Australia’s premium mobile communications provider, Telstra, I’ve done a couple of tests.
I’d said that we’d moved from another carrier to Telstra to fix the issues that we’d had with poor coverage – but alas the issues have continued – only this time we’re paying a premium for it. At this point I may be acting like a dog with a bone but the solutions offered have been both less than appealing as well as seriously insulting. Read the rest of this entry →
Boy, when you jump out of the fry-pan you sure as heck can land in the dog poo. And that, my dear friends, is where you find us at the moment. In the dog poo. Confused? Me too. Let’s take a walk and have a chat about it. From my side of things. Biased and slightly apologetic.
It all began some time ago with a house move. A move on to a hill. Our then mobile phone provider, we’ll call them 4 to maintain their anonymity, appeared to offer little or no coverage at our suburban home. Undaunted we fought them in the trenches and open fields until the spectre of the telecommunications ombudsman smote them. When the smoke had cleared we found that we’d been released to continue our mobile journey across to our savior. The bringer of coverage. The charger of premium prices. But that was okay with us, for coverage is what we desired. End dramatic monologue. Read the rest of this entry →
Buy Zee Phone
Oh God, here he goes again. Ranting. Exclaiming. Off on a tirade of expletive filled, self-referential, self-important drivel. But really all I want to do is stop the little voice gnawing away in my head. “Get a new mobile, get the latest, the greatest, your phone is old, outdated. Think of all of the ace things you’ll be able to do with your new one”.
“Stop it!”
You know we all do it. Suckered by the shininess, the speed, the touchy feely. This upgrading of mobile phones has become such a part of our lives. The thing I’d love to know is why? Read the rest of this entry →
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