Thread: Campervan hire in Tasmania

Just to add; in terms of bandwidth, 50 emails without attachments amounts to SFA.

I buy 150 meg browse packs for $10; lasts for about 3 weeks in the bush; most of the bandwidth is web browsing.

Sounds like I'm marketing T but out of the capitals frankly T is the only option.

You will likely encounter service and admin of 3rd world quality if you go with T. Prob cos that's where it comes from ;-}

Originally Posted by rsser

Just to add; in terms of bandwidth, 50 emails without attachments amounts to SFA.

I buy 150 meg browse packs for $10; lasts for about 3 weeks in the bush; most of the bandwidth is web browsing.

Sounds like I'm marketing T but out of the capitals frankly T is the only option.

You will likely encounter service and admin of 3rd world quality if you go with T. Prob cos that's where it comes from ;-}

Be fair Ern, only some of it does.

If you've got a post paid service you can add a $10 Browsing Pack which gives you 1GB per month, cancel at any time.

Fair nuff Kev.

If T is your primary service clearly that's much better value.

I'm not up with all the T plans, and have seen they now have much better prepaid plans than before, but the expiry is 30 days so for a 2nd phone/plan in my case it's no better.

Just to add, snowyskies wants coverage on Bruny Island it appears.

Best I can tell from T coverage maps, he'll need a GSM handheld in a phone car kit fitted with an external antenna.

Do Wifi dongles with antenna match this do you know?

According to the Telstra coverage maps, Bruny and Cockle Creek are fairly well covered by NextG.
I'm getting the Tesltra Ulitmate USB modem as it will offer the fastest speed in metropolitan areas. No guarantees of how it will perform out of town.

Back from Tassie and even more determined to get down there to live.

The motorhome performed flawlessly apart from a issue with battery power. My fault really for sitting in one spot for 2 days without starting the engine to charge them. There's no battery level indicator so you only know the batteries are flat is when the fridge stops working. A 20 Km drive fixed that and most nights I was able to connect to 240V.
I think a few participants were a bit envious about my being able to have a hot shower and to make a hot breakfast every day but they got their own back by having me charge their phones, I should have kept quiet about the 240v inverter on board.

Broadband worked well at Cockle Creek and on Bruny. The only dead spot was Southport but I was advised about that before the start of the trip. Phone users on other networks had a lot more issues than did I.

Sounds good Geoff.

Yes, your battery was prob 80-100 aH so 2 days would do it.

A $15 digital voltmeter is a good investment.

For sure coming down to live in Tassie is a great idea. Less of a rat race than Sydney, better value for money housing (ie, = more affordable), better climate, nice food, wine, scenery, plenty of history, less traffic. I could go on and on, but I could be also a little bias , having been born and lived here all my life, apart from all the trips I have made out of the place.

It is always good to travel, that way you appreciate even more what you have.