Re: Government Told Telstra CDMA Network Will Be Closed Down

Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Paul Day" <pauls@enigma.id.au> wrote in message
> news:1192773185.335654@colossus.enigma.id.au...
>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:20:57 GMT in aus.comms.mobile Alan Parkington
>> may have written:
>>> Telstra yesterday declared extensive testing conducted by its own
>>> teams with strategic partner Ericsson had already shown the Next G
>>> network is "bigger, better and faster than CDMA...
>>
>> But does it cover all of the footprint currently provided by CDMA?
>
> Nope, in the same fashion that CDMA never covered every square inch
> that AMPS did, and that GSM never covered every square inch that AMPS
> did

Pity that telstra never claimed those would, but did claim that NextG would.

And now the govt is gunna hold them to that, you watch.

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> "Alice" <e@****anddie.com> wrote in message
>> news:471982e3$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>> bill wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's ribbish, I'm sick of hearing it.
>>> So put some earmuffs on.
>>>
>>> Next-G coverage matches CDMA,
>>>
>>> I know at least three areas where NextG coverage does not match
>>> CDMA.Period.
>>
>> No one ever claimed that "NextG would cover every area that CDMA does"
>
> Telstra did, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

Quote Telstra's words, thanks.

And "NextG coverage equivalent to", does not guarantee the same coverage in
every inch of Australia

Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon are equivalent to each other, but that
doesnt mean they are identical in every way
>
>

"Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Jonathan Wilson" <jfwfreo@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
> news:4718ab5a$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>> For Telstra to shutdown CDMA they need to make sure they can supply
>>> reasonable C-grade handsets to consumers. That's all that is hindering
>>> the closure of CDMA.
>> The real problem is that they force the crappy handsets down your throat
>> (LG, ZTE etc) and make it hard (and expensive) to get the good handsets
>> like the Motorola V6 MAXX and the Motorola V3xx and whatever that Nokia
>> one is.
>
> No one forces your hand into which handset you choose to buy

Yes they do, due to Telstra's overpriced Brightstar handsets

>
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Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5oj1b2Fmh9bqU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> "Alice" <e@****anddie.com> wrote in message
>>> news:471982e3$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>>> bill wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's ribbish, I'm sick of hearing it.
>>>> So put some earmuffs on.
>>>>
>>>> Next-G coverage matches CDMA,
>>>>
>>>> I know at least three areas where NextG coverage does not match
>>>> CDMA.Period.
>>>
>>> No one ever claimed that "NextG would cover every area that CDMA does"

>> Telstra did, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

> Quote Telstra's words, thanks.

They've already been quoted, repeatedly, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

> And "NextG coverage equivalent to",

That aint the only words that telstra has used, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

> does not guarantee the same coverage in every inch of Australia

Pity they did anyway, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.

> Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon are equivalent to each other, but that doesnt mean they are identical in every way

Irrelevant to what telstra claimed about NextG, you stupid dunny cleaning ****wit child.