Comments on: Telstra Launches MyConnect – SMS And Email Service For PC And Mobile

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:31:30 +0000

Used to use the webnotes app for SMS. They flicked me to this.
1. It doesn’t work most of the time – error after error
2. When it might work (no errors) it is as slow as a wet weekend.
3. When you think it has worked and sent an SMS it mostly hasn’t.
4. When it works (testing by sms to self) it does not update its sent items list.
5. For me this is not a speed of connection issue as i live next to the exchange and get 22meg/sec on adsl 2+.
6. Tried both safari and firefox.
7. Telstra truly sucks and the shares deserve to drop through the floor. They are appalling at what they are supposed to be good at. Let them collapse and build something worthwhile from the wreckage.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:53:32 +0000

What a debacle – lost my email on my iMate which was key reason for being Next G/Bigpond and the service on-line is so slow as to be useless – this is just dumb business – using your customers as guinea pigs is not leading edge and the system is extremel poor – who would let these guys even bid on a fast broadband system roll out – anger has turned to shopping for new provider – smart move guys – Telstra..the dumbest guys in the room?

By: Ten

Ten — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:44:16 +0000

@ S.

telstra will sell the exact right hook to do that with any purchase of a 36 month wireless broadband package

seriously, wake up people. telstra sells a superior product at a price reflective of its quality. Its like buying home brand vs a name brand, sure home brand will save you a few bucks but in the end, its gonna taste like cardboard

PS: every company in the world, from telstra to optus to mcdonalds will try to cross and upsell their customers, just because you experienced a telstra employee doing their job properly does not mean you should be spreading hate on the web

By: RICHARD

RICHARD — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:26:48 +0000

I used to be able to view my emails for free from my touch diamond now its not a compatable phone for myemail. how do you complain to telstra about this ? I phones but had trouble finding anyone who understood the problem.

By: S.

S. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:39:18 +0000

I would rather have my anus extracted through my nose than purchase any 'value add' service off Telstra.

They are the king of nickle and dime fine print ripping off-ness.

By: Dave Garver

Dave Garver — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:28:12 +0000

Have a look at Vodafone’s ZYB – http://www.zyb.com for backing up your contacts. It’s free and allows you to change handset and provider without any hassle (assuming ZYB supports your handset).

By: Steve McQuarrie

Steve McQuarrie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:55:15 +0000

I admit sometimes I use Skype to sms, just because…well I’m lazy. And it’s cheaper (bonus). I don’t think the sms feature is really all that fantastic and the rest of the features offered almost is the same as exchange server syncing, which mail2web do for free. So this new service is kind of…meh.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:48:00 +0000

Paying $3 a month to back up your contacts is a complete rip off; and what do you do if you set all this stuff up and then want to change phone companies?