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Telstra Has Free Calls To Japan Until March 25

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If you have any friends or family in Japan at the moment, Telstra has announced they won’t be charging landline or mobile customers who call the earthquake/tsunami stricken country. They’ve even backdated it to 6am last Friday to cover anyone who called when the news first broke, and the offer will be in place until 6am March 25.

To enable Australians to check on family and friends in Japan following last week’s earthquake/tsunami disaster, Telstra will not charge for calls to Japan made using its mobile and landline networks. The fee-free period (which also covers text messages) runs from 6:00am on Friday 11 March through until the same time on Friday March 25, with calls to Japanese numbers billed as zero cost. Handy to know if you’re trying to get in touch or stay in touch.

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  • +3

    who would have ever thought that Telstra would have the 3rd highest + voted post ever on OzB !!
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/stats
    Can they get to 481 ?

    • +1

      I guess it can, cos it is now 402.

      • +2

        Can't wait for it over 500 … a new chapter for OzB.
        C'on…you guys can do it! :)

        • +1

          i wonder how many ACTIVE members there are…
          1000??? (there are about 40000+ members total)
          1000+ post—> this and i'll be happy ;)

  • +2

    Go you good thing, Telstra :)

  • +1

    Good work Telstra, doing something to help in difficult times! I have many friends in Japan but they are all (thankfully) unaffected. I won't use this free service to call them, I'll save it for people in need with family and friends directly affected, so as not to use up overseas phone capacity. I will let my other friends know, some of whom do have loved ones living in or near devastated areas, so they can contact them and confirm they are safe.

    Sorry if it's slightly off-topic, but these slider-photos show the extend of damage, drag the blue sliders in the middle of each image left and right to uncover different parts of the photo:
    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/sat…

  • a pleasant surprise.
    I never though I would say this.
    "Good on you Telstra"

  • Has anyone checked their Telstra online billing yet? I've been billed for two calls to a Docomo mobile on 16 and 17 March. Perhaps their billing system has not been adjusted yet?

    • +1

      Just had a call from Telstra rep - all fixed up now. Zero charges :)

  • can anyone on telstra prepaid confirm if it works please?

  • cmon… 500.. 500..

    • It'll beat 480 for sure

      • it's gonna make it for sure

        • so now the question is when?
          who can guess it right?

        • 16 more to go
          i'll say later tonight or tomorrow morning

        • Before 2 tomorrow is my guess. :)

        • +11

  • 9 more!!!

    • man you like your bold AND +s XD

    • crawling up the hill slowly…
      should be there by the end of today :)

      • 8 more!

        • 6 more now!

      • lol

  • woop…3 to go :)

    • dang my guess was wrong :'(

  • wow this is indeed turning into a monster thread! Brilliant move by Telstra. 8-)

  • 2 more

    lol i'm so nervous…hopefully it makes it!

  • we're here 480!

    JUST ONE MORE!

    • ITS GOING TO MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      hopefully by today!

      • +3

        lol, I can imagine you clinging to your pile of freebies, with your free Ozbargained cap and flag ready to cheer :P

  • +1

    Most popular deal ever with my +1! 481 votes :D

    • lol…you been waiting for it :)

      • Now to go back and +1 the chocolate bar hack…..

        • lol can you still vote on that deal?

        • Not game to attempt it, don't want to take the shine off this post! Seriously great deal though, well done Telstra!

    • +1

      LOL nice

      hehe now to revoke my + ;) jk

  • +2

    woohoooooo….finally history in the making :)
    now need 500

  • +1

    not official yet though

    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/stats

    wait another 1.5 -2hrs

    • +2

      482 now…so who want to be part of this special post…get in quick or you miss out ;)

    • +3

      Now it is official!

      • +1

        yay

  • +1

    need to break 500

    • +1

      going to be slow but I think we can do it based on how long it took the Cadbury deal to beat the mugs

      • its gonna make it 8 more!

        • 7

        • 3.

          [Starts peeling that annoying silver wrap off a bottle of champers]

        • +1

          don't think 1 bottle would be enough for 500 of us :)
          Scotty need to get some more for us, someone give Scotty a call or we need Scotty's cr card

    • -1

      I'm holding my + so I can be number 500

      • lol what's the price for being @ 500?
        can the mod leak out some info. ;)

      • +1

        Aw c'mon footywiz11, this is not the time for personal glory.

        Lay it on the table mate: stand up and be counted.

      • +3

        There you go. I have been holding off. I didn't want a Telco to beat Cadbury's but the peer pressure has been immense.

      • too late. Oh well, looks like I'll be 502

  • it had been leaked, the one vote @ 500 will be paying $20/week or pay $1 for every vote in this post…so are you still in it? :)

  • Quick footywiz. Hit refresh then +

  • sorry he missed out

  • Hahaha there we go: 500 votes.

    Who's here to party now?

  • +1

    whuiiheeee party…. who will actually thought Telstra got the Best deal??? this is epic.. come on other company this is just Telstra .. beat them!!

  • +2

    I may be completely wrong here so sorry if I am. But….I cut and paste the votes table into Excel and the 500th voter was inerdi and as of 14:57 there was 512 votes in total. More than likely I am wrong but just curious.

    • not sure why, but doing the same thing crashed excel for me.. maybe too awesome :)
      but by manually checking the number of +s and going from the bottom, wasn't Gerry Harvey the 500th vote?

      • sorry but i pressed the 500 th :) as footywiz must of been asleep

        • how come you're above Gerry Harvey in the list then? :S

        • i pressed it it changed to 500 ? his name came after mine on the live action page ? we are playing for a sheep station !

        • no just busy

        • hope i won as i can tell everyone i have won a comp :)
          http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/41134

    • tightbot, you are onto something here…

      likewise, just did same cut and paste, there are 517 in the list of voters, but '+' count is only at 504.
      where are the missing 13 ?

      so I went back to do same on the Cadbury Hack post and there are 505 in the list or voters, less 6 negs, equals 499, but they are displaying 486 positives. again out by 13.

      third check: Free mug has 460 votes, but has 463 in the list of voters.

      I hope the Ozbargain vote counters aren't also being used in this weekend's NSW state election !!

    • sorry but I have my doubts about 1000 :'(

      • +2

        hehe time to make 500 fake accounts!

    • now let get to triple 5! a nice # for a record

      • ed: epic reading skills win

      • Cm'on guys do it for another record :D

  • +1

    My heart goes out to those in japan <3

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