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If you access Internet data from your Optus mobile phone (e.g. for email, calendar, contacts or web pages) you may need a setting changed on your handset when you join the UniSA 3G data bucket plan. Apple iPhones and USB broadband modems are not affected but other mobile handsets need their Access Point Name (APN) setting changed to maintain their Internet connectivity when they join the plan.
For Apple iPhones the APN setting cannot be changed and is the same whether or not the phone is in the data plan.
For other handsets a different APN setting is required depending whether the mobile phone is:
If your phone is accessing Internet data successfully this indicates that it has the correct APN setting. If not, your phone's manual explains how to check and set the APN value as part of setting it up for data access. Copies of manuals are available at What mobile phones do ISTS/IT Help Desk recommend?
For Windows Mobile-based phones (e.g. HTC, dopod, i-Mate) which have already been set up for GPRS or 3G data access the following brief summary of the required steps may enable you to check and, if necessary, change this setting:
More information can be found at UniSA 3G Mobile Broadband Data Plan (UniSA staff only).
