I'll second that. I carry a cheap Telstra prepaid in my outlanding kit in case my Optus phone does not work. If you can, get the bonus 'never expire' for the prepaid amount. Forget Vodaphone.
Remember, you could always try the area frequency used by the power jocks, and failing that, if your situation warrants it, you can always raise a passing passenger jet on the emergency frequency 121.5 to relay a message. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Scutter Sent: Monday, 20 December 2010 4:12 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Mobile Phone Networks Telstra (NextG) is by far the best for country coverage. Make sure your phone supports the 850Mhz frequency for 3G (should say NextG on the box or something similar). I bought a NextG one for 20$ from Dick Smiths. I have a prepaid NextG and a prepaid Optus phone I keep in my glider, along with my regular Vodaphone phone. Never landed somewhere without coverage on one of them. You can usually find the coverage maps on the networks website. http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/state.html http://www.optus.com.au/aboutoptus/About+Optus/Network+Coverage/Optus+Network+Coverage+Maps/NSW http://www.vodafone.com.au/tools/checker/index.htm ~Matthew~ On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Adam Webb <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi All, I'm looking at changing mobile phone networks. Does anyone know any details on which networks have best coverage (especially country NSW where I do most of my XC flying)? I understand that some networks are near useless outside the CBDs and increase the chance of a long walk after an outlanding. Cheers Adam _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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