We have one of our new phones on the XT network and there is really no difference. Text mesages gfo through quicker but I think that is just the handset. Over hyped yes but also good marketing and PR campaign (the re-launch of Telecom Mobile) too....

I have had XT since the start and its not good I get all kinds weird noises when I am making voice calls I have complained to telecom but they don't seem to know how fix the problem I live in Wellington can't be the signal

Geoff, thanks for the many positive and helpful postings you have made.
'bon Noreply' says to write something positive and then asks you to be negative about Vodafone. Talk about mixed messages.
I can't comment about any 3G service as I can't get any despite having a Vodafone site 500 metres away.

I bought an iphone from magnum mac and almost took it back as doing simple tings such as email and the web on 2G on vodafone was awful... as a last gasp effort I tried an XT sim and have never looked back, my iphone is now a rocket that goes like a bat out of hell

Well my girlfriend has new Telecom mobile on XT and as she couldn't wait to try out her new toy she sent me text saying simply "test" and only when I restarted my phone (after an hour) did her ironic text come through. Though this did happen few times I think maybe they sorted glitch now (?)

I've been on XT since the get go and its been pretty much bomb-proof.

Travelling up and down NZ regularly dropped calls and coverage black spots were the norm on my vodafone handset but thus far XT has been pretty darned good by comparision

Come on Palmer, write something positive for once, you're such a freaking grinch for crying out loud!

If you knew anything at all about mobile networks you'd know that optimisation is the norm.

Funnily enough you've not done anything on how piss-poor vodafones network is and why you need a geiger counter to get 3G on it.

Methinks you've perhaps got some biases here??? Instead of gossip and heresay, why dont you get two identical handsets, one from Voda, one from XT and test them around Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

At least that way there'd actually be some reality to your irrational rantings

My father has an XT modem (he lives way out in the wop wops). Even with a piss-poor signal, it seems to do alright. Nothing spectacular though. Averages 30Kb/s downloading from youtube. If the plans weren't so damn pricey it might almost be worth it.

I love my new XT phone, but that's probably because my old one did virtually nothing. :P

I've only had the phone a few days, so I haven't really given it much testing. But we'll see.

I don't us the XT network, in fact I don't use Telecom for anything ( well not directly ).
A client called my landline via his new XT cellphone two days ago but the conversation was somewhat truncated.. he kept getting cut off. Although I did get to hear the words 'and I'm on this flash new XT thing as well' ..