iPhone looking to head Down Under

Do you mean this Telstra?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/telstra-to-apple-stick-to-your-knitting/2007/02/15/1171405363291.html

Great news for us Aussies! I must disagree with the Telstra-bashing, I'm sure Vodaphone and Optus are okay for those living in cities, but the rest of us who live in regional centres, or travel through them, know only too well how limited Vodaphone's and even Optus' networks are.

Many Australians have swallowed whole the Optus propaganda about how Telstra is evil and Optus are the white shining knights of competition, but an examination of the past and current telecommunications industry, and an evaluation of pricing plans, demonstrates clearly that anyone can get a 'good deal' from any of the major carriers, it isn't hard. If you're complaining that you're paying too much, I'm sorry, but it is your own fault, do some research and stop believing everything Optus tells you.

Yeah, Telstra are a money-grubbing company, but no more than Optus and Vodaphone. I've heard horror stories about price and service for all of them, it is most certainly not limited only to Telstra.

Great Phone. Terrible Carrier.

Too bad its not with Vodafone :(

Telstra SUX bigtime.
But look at the size of telstra. Apple goes for Telco's with a big customer base.

I would think Apple would be better off with a Telco that is going foward not backwards. But who ? OPTUS ? IINET ? AAPT ? Virgin ? Vodafone ?

I'm going to buy 2 i-Phones when we get them in Australia, but it's going to hurt like hell to go back to the evil parasite Telstra.

If Apple wants to release the current GSM/EDGE version here they'll HAVE to use Telstra. They are the only provider with EDGE (Everyone else, Telstra included has moved onto 3G already). They also have the widest coverage (everyone roams on Telstra when they can't get their own carriers signal) and largest user base.

I'm currently with Telstra, their EDGE data is ridiculously expensive (as is all data in Australia) but otherwise it's just another phone company and I've had no worse or better experience with anyone else.

Obviously, if they go with Telstra, it'll be about getting the largest subscriber base not the best price. They've gotta hit that 10,000,000 by the end of next year and to do that they need the numbers not just the money.

no no no!! Give it to Vodafone.

If Apple choose Telstra they will struggle to sell them locked here, as Telstra is only for people too lazy to find better deals across the street at say Vodafone. I hacked v. 1.0.2 on iPhone, cancelled 12 months left on contract with "3" (Hutchison Telecom) to swith to Vodafone just so I could use this. Worth EVERY cent I spent. But there is no way I would go to Telstra.

If Vodafone don't get this they are stupid, and Optus has really become un-noticeable in the market now.

Tel$tra may have a good service, but it's better for their bottom line than anything else. I hope Apple realises that Telstra won't come to the party in the way that Apple usually demands and FoneZone then wonders why they bought NextByte.

Telstra really doesn't have a good reputation in Australia. I'm craving an iPhone like you wouldn't believe, but if it had to be with Telstra, you can absolutely forget about it.

Why not someone like vodafone or virgin or optus? Hasn't vodafone been working with Apple on this before in Europe?

Telstra really is no good.