At 03:38 PM 3/12/2007, you wrote:
>I'd say that, at least at the moment, the NextG network needs a lot
>of work done on it.
>
>I live in the Adelaide hills, halfway down a valley with quite tall
>hills all 'round, so mobile reception at home is a particular
>problem. I rememebr when I was a kid, my mother had one of the old
>bricks on analog, and was able to receive calls without a problem.
>When I originally got a mobile, I was on GSM, and had no signal
>whatsoever at home, although eventually as time went on I was able
>to get just enough to send an SMS (This being if I placed my mobile
>in certain places in my room, no kidding.) Since I eventually gave
>good ol' CDMA a go, I haven't gone back, but I must admit, the
>service is going steeply downhill very quickly. About two years ago,
>I was able to make and receive calls without a problem from home
>without a problem, as well as at WGC, Jamestown, Sedan, Cambrai,
>Truro, etc. By this time last year, I was able to receive a phone
>call if I was lucky, but good luck trying to make one, but was till
>able to send an SMS. Now, I can only send an SMS if the wind is
>blowing in the right direction (Yes, seriously =P).
>
>In my opinion, that alone shows just how bad the network is getting.
>I'm assuming that they've severely reduced / stopped funding for the
>CDMA network or something along the lines, because the network is
>getting that bad in other places as well (Just out of Jamestown
>there's little or no signal, at WGC the signal is intermittent, etc.).
>
>But, just to stir a bit of shit, my brother got a NextG phone a
>while ago, and doesn't have any signal whatsoever at home (My father
>also got one, and he loses mbile signal above 1000 feet, wheras the
>CDMA averages loss around 7000feet =\)
>
>Frustrated much?
>
>Dion Baker.
Even the Telstra rocket scientists could figure out that when faced
with "you can't turn off CDMA until Next G gives at least as good
coverage" that one good option for them is to reduce the CDMA
coverage gradually before it gets formally checked.
The Next G phones will default to GSM (another bad Eurocrap idea
along with Airbus human interfaces and lead free solder - look up
"tin whiskers") when Next G coverage isn't available and it has long
been known that GSM doesn't work well in aircraft. We've had signals
on CDMA from Toowoomba to Melbourne at anything above 5000 feet up to
9500. I've been very happy with our CDMA phones.
But we weakened and today tried to go over to the dark side... er..
Next G. A pre paid for Carol, and a $20 plan for the other phone.
Result so far - the Telstra computer wouldn't send out the contract
to the phone shop ALL DAY and when Carol tried to register the pre
paid to get the same number as the old one we were told to call back
in 48 hours as we are on single billing (the Telstra random number
generator) and that phone has to be taken off single billing before
they can do anything and that takes 48 hours. You can't make this stuff up.
Next problem is how to make the Telstra phone, assuming we get one
one, work as a modem for my new eeepC which runs Linux.
Mike
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