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Free Telstra Air Wi-Fi, Domestic Calls and SMS from Telstra Payphones and Wi-Fi Access Points between Xmas & New Year @ Telstra

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Free Telstra Air Wi-Fi, Domestic Calls and SMS from Telstra Payphones and Wi-Fi Access Points between Xmas & New Year @ Telstra
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Taegukgi on 21/12/2020 - 12:22 exchange.telstra.com.au (971 clicks)
Last edited 21/12/2020 - 12:23

This popular deal is back for 2021.

Telstra Air - Find a hotspot

Our payphone network will be free and available to anyone who needs to use it between December 24, 2020 and January 1, 2021. That way, those who need it can make free local, national and standard mobile calls, SMS to anywhere around Australia.

Free calls around Australia to local, national and standard mobiles from Telstra payphones from 24 December 2020 – 1 January 2021 inclusive. Free calls exclude international calls and premium services (19x), Mobile Satellite, and 1234, 12456 directory services. Excludes Telstra rented payphones. Free Wi-Fi data at select Telstra Air payphones and Telstra Stores, in Australia only. Telstra Air available for Wi-Fi enabled devices only.

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  • djoz on 21/12/2020 - 12:23

    TelstraAir!

  • jv on 21/12/2020 - 12:24
    +1

    Free Telstra Air Wi-Fi

    Isn't it always free?

    • Specificagent1 on 21/12/2020 - 12:25
      +1

      for telstra customers

      • jv on 21/12/2020 - 12:27
        +6

        and Boost customers.

        • evo7 on 21/12/2020 - 12:40

          Really? How to use it?

          • jv on 21/12/2020 - 12:44

            @evo7: I get a notification on my phone to use it when one is nearby…

        • [Deactivated] on 21/12/2020 - 12:53

          how to access for boost customers

          • jv on 21/12/2020 - 12:55
            +1

            @[Deactivated]: I just have the Telstra Air app, and it connects.

            • evo7 on 21/12/2020 - 12:58

              @jv: So we have to install Telstra Air app on the phone?

              • jv on 21/12/2020 - 12:59
                +1

                @evo7: Don't know for this deal… But the app notifies me when I'm in range and connects me.

            • x d on 21/12/2020 - 22:33

              @jv: Interesting, so how is the data counted if you are only a Boost customer and not a Telstra broadband customer?

              • jv on 21/12/2020 - 22:36

                @x d: I do have Telstra broadband, but no Telstra mobile, just Boost.

                All my Boost phones appear on my Telstra ID.

                If you have a Telstra ID and Boost, you should be able to use Telstra Air.

                • x d on 21/12/2020 - 22:37

                  @jv: Thanks. Provably won't be free for me as all I have is Boost mobile.

                  • senz on 22/12/2020 - 02:22
                    +3

                    @x d: Boost customer do not get access to Telstra air. You need to be a Telstra customer and have one of their broadband service or mobile service.

      • AustriaBargain on 22/12/2020 - 15:22

        For all the billions in profits we've given to telstra over the years, it should be free for everyone by now at a 1Mbps speed or whatevers. If some people in society are disadvantaged enough to need this at xmas time to call family or check emails or even just find out what Tik Tok is, then they could be disadvantaged in the same way all year round too.

  • DrKazanovaKK on 21/12/2020 - 12:24
    +3

    What's a payphone?

    • jv on 21/12/2020 - 12:28
      -4

      a phone that you pay for.

    • strangeloops66 on 21/12/2020 - 12:35
      +15

      A small cubicle that has a sign that says "Out of Order".

    • avoidfullprice on 21/12/2020 - 13:34
      +2

      I just looked up as of 2019, mobile calls from payphone is $0.50/10mins. That's pretty good if you don't have a mobile phone and still carry coins around.

      • bozbargain on 21/12/2020 - 14:51

        That’s probably because the average phone call from a payphone lasts less than 15s.

        • avoidfullprice on 22/12/2020 - 01:02

          But then, people prob prefer texting than speak to one another .

          Seen

    • Could Be Better on 21/12/2020 - 19:03

      Another carrier of disease

    • AustriaBargain on 22/12/2020 - 15:24
      -1

      In Sydney? They are used as bathrooms.

  • Specificagent1 on 21/12/2020 - 12:25

    wifi access points?

  • DarthAntz on 21/12/2020 - 13:32

    Technology has improved. Time to beat this guy's record
    https://www.smh.com.au/technology/telstra-free-data-guy-cloc…

    • Griffindinho on 21/12/2020 - 14:29

      Nice time to update the adult video content playlist

  • igoforthebest on 21/12/2020 - 13:51
    +3

    I remember the good old days when we used the straws to make free phone calls from those booths. Enter $2, flatten the straw from one end and shove it into the coin slot to release the coin, repeat few times to get credit and free talk time.

    • qldmike on 21/12/2020 - 13:55
      +1

      Or the sticky tape trick on the payphone card punch holes, remember that one?

      • igoforthebest on 21/12/2020 - 14:04

        Oh yeah! forgot about that one hahaha

    • AustriaBargain on 22/12/2020 - 15:25
      +2

      "Would you like to accept a reverse charge call from 'comepickmeupmum'?"

  • Psomaggi on 21/12/2020 - 13:55

    Telstra Air would have been great in 2004. In 2020 and as a shareholder, I'm disappointed they are still bothering…

    • littlesoldier on 21/12/2020 - 14:17
      +3

      Telstra Air itself might not be a thing for most people
      but the bonus Fon network can be useful when you travel to Euro ,Japan or south Korea
      Tho this will be post-COVID now

      https://fon.com/maps/

      • Daabido on 21/12/2020 - 14:32

        I found it very spotty in Japan a few years ago.

      • chocolatebegood on 21/12/2020 - 15:42

        I got an email about a month ago saying that you're no longer going to be able to access the FON hotspots from March 2021

      • neonlight on 21/12/2020 - 22:03

        Have not used fon, you better off getting a Sim card overseas avoid with patchy coverage of this Fon network. It's rubbish at best.

        I don't enable my Telstra Air as Fon is useless. I'm not sharing my bandwidth nor I are about it

        • littlesoldier on 22/12/2020 - 00:35

          Agree that buying a data sim overseas is always the recommended way
          but there are times that you run out of data, or having weak / no receptions
          and a Fon hotspot can help quite a bit
          So I would say for me Fon is just an additional option whenever you need it
          and "why not" if its free with Telstra Air anyway (will not pay a penny on it for sure)

    • umoddbro on 21/12/2020 - 15:05

      Yeh would've been a great deal 10 years ago

  • fourFoxEight on 21/12/2020 - 14:47

    I like how they took away access for Telstra Prepaid Customers and then they go, look how great we are giving it away for free.

  • nephilim on 21/12/2020 - 15:10

    I tried to use it for ages but most is capped to 100KB/s with high ping.

  • toobzy on 21/12/2020 - 21:29

    Found it to be incredibly slow all the times I've tried it.. No doubt now even worse with more connections

    • jv on 21/12/2020 - 22:39

      Found it to be incredibly slow all the times I've tried it..

      It varies a lot.

      There have been spots in the city where it has been extremely fast, and 100m down the road, slow as a snail.

  • infinite on 22/12/2020 - 04:56

    Payphones still exist ?

  • Popo on 22/12/2020 - 13:07

    So this only works if you have a current account with Telstra? I suspect it just means that it is for Telstra account users and it doesn't count towards their usage.

  • DemocracyManifest on 23/12/2020 - 00:24
    +1

    The neighbours who had Telstra canned it, I used to have it and noticed people were defs using it and ended up disabling Telstra air…

  • coffeetea on 24/12/2020 - 11:47
    -1

    Not working with my neighbour wifi, still have to login. Perharps only public hotspot.

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