i have given the matter some thought and have decided that if tvn is offered to me at a price (any price) i will cancel my austar connection altogether and save $100 per month and do my racing on the internet on The Tote service on which is a useful site.

apart from Seinfeld and hogans heroes austar does not have much to officer other than the races and if the impasse continues i will save myself a lot of bother and go back to where i was.

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laurie

Got a URL?

Gday pug,
I have had sky on my phone for the last few months and couldnt do without it now. I am often out and about and although it is not the clearest picture of all time, I can still follow the horse I've backed quite easily. With the hands free on the go, you never miss a race.

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get in the Q

if anyone saw racing retro on sunday, one of the guys (i think from the melbourne studio) said there will be some sort of agreement done up within the next 14 days.

I saw Racing Retro this week and Andrew Bensley did say there will be a deal done within the next 2 weeks but he also said the week before that a deal should be done that week aswell so lets not get to excited. From what I have heard and read something has been close for quite awhile now but they cannot agree completely which somewhat says to me that maybe something isn't going to be done.

the issue is set for court in may 22 2006 due to tabcorp refusing to allow the austar having the same arrangement as foxtel.

it appears that tabcorp is the problem in the issue.

it is probably trying to stretch tvn's finances.
one offer from tvn was that tvn do the telecasting and that sky be the betting channel but this will be subject to the accc accepting them working in unison.

i cant see how a court hearing can resolve it and i think it is a dead duck.

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Is this sky racing on 3 mobile available on plan or prepaid accounts?

Is it exactly the same as the coverage you get from Foxtel/TAB stores?

Which 3G mobiles work well with this Sky Racing via Mobile phone thingo?

Ade,
I would say that it is available on both pre paid and plans, its a service that 3 offer. Yes it is exactly what you see at the pubs, foxtel etc its sky racing. In regards to phone selection, i guess the bigger the screen the better. I have a NEC and it works fine.
Hope this helps...

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Thanks for the info.

I might get a Nokia 7600, I'll mostly only use a 3G phone for Sky racing and other sport. I don't want to be locked into an 24-month contract when sky racing could be pulled at any moment.

Would the 7600 work with Planet 3? What model phone is that NEC?
Thanks mate.