Saturday, February 10, 2007
Telstra Phone Hack
I don't know if you have noticed, but some time in the past 6 months the number of "rings" for Telstra mobiles has dropped down to about 3 rings (15 seconds).
*Place tin foil hat on now* - It stinks of a conspiracy by Telstra to raise revenue... you miss call cause the phone does not ring for long enough, caller leaves message, you retrieve message, return call = 3 calls + time on phone leaving/retrieving message.
There is a simple way to get around this if you are a Telstra mobile customer with a GSM/CDMA phone (i.e. not 3G). Enter the following code to adjust your ring length:
*Place tin foil hat on now* - It stinks of a conspiracy by Telstra to raise revenue... you miss call cause the phone does not ring for long enough, caller leaves message, you retrieve message, return call = 3 calls + time on phone leaving/retrieving message.
There is a simple way to get around this if you are a Telstra mobile customer with a GSM/CDMA phone (i.e. not 3G). Enter the following code to adjust your ring length:
**61*101**30# then press Send/Talk
This will extend your ring time to 30 seconds (6 rings).
