[LINK] No voice calls on Telstra mobile broadband service

[Tom Worthington]

Telstra sent me an email to say "From 22 April 2020, you’ll no longer be 
able to make or receive voice calls using your mobile broadband service."

What I did not understand was why I could *ever* receive calls on what 
was meant to be a data only service. My data-only USB wireless modem has 
been filling up with SMS messages, saying I had missed calls, and 
Medicare wanted me to call them for a refund.

This is a device I never use for voice calls, and never have given 
anyone the number for. But enterprising scammers still managed to call 
and send spammy text messages. Good to see Telstra will save them the 
bother of trying to contact me this way. ;-)


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