If you can get over the initial shock of how mind-numbingly crap their plans are, Telstra do crap all over anyone else on terms of coverage. When you get the thing connected make sure they select 3G850 as your network. Heaps of people get stuck on 2100 which doesn't travel anywhere near as far as the 850 signal. We get people complaining about their coverage all the time, and when we check their account they're on 2100. Very easy to fix if you know what you're looking at.