Telstra Doesn't know if NextG works in the Bush?

Here's one for ya, Parky.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/traffi...9288362,00.htm

Care to comment? That is, if you can string a sentence together that
comprises your own thoughts and words...

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"Snapper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Here's one for ya, Parky.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/traffi...9288362,00.htm
>
> Care to comment? That is, if you can string a sentence together that
> comprises your own thoughts and words...
>

The Next G network offers a larger mobile coverage footprint than the
old CDMA network, covering more than 2 million square kilometres as compared
to CDMA which covered more than 1.6 million square kilometres.

Alan Parkington wrote:
>
> "Snapper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Here's one for ya, Parky.
>>
>> http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/traffi...9288362,00.htm
>>
>>
>> Care to comment? That is, if you can string a sentence together that
>> comprises your own thoughts and words...
>>
>
> The Next G network offers a larger mobile coverage footprint than the
> old CDMA network, covering more than 2 million square kilometres as
> compared
> to CDMA which covered more than 1.6 million square kilometres.
>

It still doesn't work in some areas that CDMA worked for us at work. Of
course that could be the u-beaut ZTE 165 model phones which Telstra
supplied as a replacement for the phones with some sort of track record.

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:25:49 Alan Parkington may have written:
> The Next G network offers a larger mobile coverage footprint than the
> old CDMA network, covering more than 2 million square kilometres as
> compared to CDMA which covered more than 1.6 million square
> kilometres.

....just not in all the same physical locations CDMA coverred.

PD

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Paul Day

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:25:49 GMT "Alan Parkington"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> The Next G network offers a larger mobile coverage footprint than the
> old CDMA network, covering more than 2 million square kilometres as
> compared to CDMA which covered more than 1.6 million square
> kilometres.

Dunno about NextG, but was in Dubbo NSW today.

Only place Optarse worked was outside the airport, and right in centre
of town - **** coverage.

If I wasn't paying only 10 cents for 30 seconds (Soul Comms) I would
dump them like a dirty turd.

"John Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:25:49 GMT "Alan Parkington"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The Next G network offers a larger mobile coverage footprint than the
>> old CDMA network, covering more than 2 million square kilometres as
>> compared to CDMA which covered more than 1.6 million square
>> kilometres.
>
> Dunno about NextG, but was in Dubbo NSW today.
>
> Only place Optarse worked was outside the airport, and right in centre
> of town - **** coverage.
>

Optus has always had woeful coverage outside the capital cities..

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:48:20 GMT "Alan Parkington"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> > Only place Optarse worked was outside the airport, and right in
> > centre of town - **** coverage.
> >
>
> Optus has always had woeful coverage outside the capital cities..


So if Telstra could come up with a better deal...?

"John Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:48:20 GMT "Alan Parkington"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > Only place Optarse worked was outside the airport, and right in
>> > centre of town - **** coverage.
>> >
>>
>> Optus has always had woeful coverage outside the capital cities..
>
>
> So if Telstra could come up with a better deal...?

Telstra already has the best coverage, best service and of course keeps all
profits here in Australia.

Other companies funnel their massive profits overseas to prop up the
nepotists like Singapore or India.

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:23:09 +1000, John Phillips wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:04:31 GMT "Alan Parkington"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > So if Telstra could come up with a better deal...?
>>
>> Telstra already has the best coverage, best service and of course keeps
>> all profits here in Australia.
>>
>> Other companies funnel their massive profits overseas to prop up the
>> nepotists like Singapore or India.
>
>
> I just went to the Telstra web page to search for a plan.
>
> Because my phone is with Optus, the page told me to go to a Telstra
> shop.
>
> What's the big bloody secret? Frankly I haven't the time.
>
> (BTW my spend is >$500-00 pcm, with 3 other mobiles in company probably
> each ~$200-00 pcm.)
>
> At present we pay 18 cents flag fall & 10 cents per 30 seconds. Telstra
> have anything near that at all?

The $50 pm "Telstra Business Mobile Select voice call plan" (ridiculously
complicated name) is $50 pm and entitled you to free, untimed calls to
landlines and Telstra mobiles (no flagfall). Calls to non-Telstra mobiles
are charged a 35c per minute with a 30c flagfall.

It's only available to business customers (requires an ABN).

That may be of interest to you (unless you make a lot of calls to Optus,
Voda, and 3 mobiles).

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:42:49 +0900, Horry wrote:

> The $50 pm "Telstra Business Mobile Select voice call plan" (ridiculously
> complicated name) is $50 pm and entitled you to free, untimed calls to
> landlines and Telstra mobiles (no flagfall). Calls to non-Telstra mobiles
> are charged a 35c per minute with a 30c flagfall.
>
> It's only available to business customers (requires an ABN).
>
> That may be of interest to you (unless you make a lot of calls to Optus,
> Voda, and 3 mobiles).

http://www.telstra.com.au/business/p...bileselect.htm

Seems you also need a "Business Line Select plan" with Telatra to qualify.
I assume that's a business PSTN service. (I'm not familiar with Telstra's
terminology and pricing anymore. When I was last with them, the AMPS
network was still running and you had a choice of Flexiplan 20, Standard,
80, 130, and 240.)

Alan Parkington <[email protected]> wrote
> John Phillips <[email protected]> wrote
>> Alan Parkington <[email protected]> wrote

>>> The Next G network offers a larger mobile coverage footprint than the old CDMA network, covering more than 2 million
>>> square kilometres as compared to CDMA which covered more than 1.6 million square kilometres.

>> Dunno about NextG, but was in Dubbo NSW today.

>> Only place Optarse worked was outside the airport, and right in centre of town - **** coverage.

Pig ignorant lie.

> Optus has always had woeful coverage outside the capital cities..

Pig ignorant lie.

Alan Parkington <[email protected]> wrote:
> "John Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:48:20 GMT "Alan Parkington"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>> Only place Optarse worked was outside the airport, and right in
>>>> centre of town - **** coverage.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Optus has always had woeful coverage outside the capital cities..
>>
>>
>> So if Telstra could come up with a better deal...?

> Telstra already has the best coverage,

Pig ignorant lie, GlobalStar does.

> best service

Pig ignorant lie.

> and of course keeps all profits here in Australia.

Pig ignorant lie, heaps of those are given to ****wit yanks.

> Other companies funnel their massive profits overseas to prop up the nepotists like Singapore or India.

Leaves ****wit spivvy little yank wogs for dead. Least the chinese
dont run any operation they get involved in into the ground.

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:47:53 +0900 Horry <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Seems you also need a "Business Line Select plan" with Telatra to
> qualify.

That's where we dip out.

"John Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:25:49 GMT "Alan Parkington"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The Next G network offers a larger mobile coverage footprint than the
>> old CDMA network, covering more than 2 million square kilometres as
>> compared to CDMA which covered more than 1.6 million square
>> kilometres.
>
> Dunno about NextG, but was in Dubbo NSW today.
>
> Only place Optarse worked was outside the airport, and right in centre
> of town - **** coverage.
>

Don't know about that. My brother was in & around Dubbo for 3 days 2 weeks
ago, he called me 5 or 6 times & other people & didn't have any problems,
others calling him didn't have any problems either (didn't go to voicemail).

Maybe you were just unlucky when they had some localised network outages or
maybe you need to get your phone checked?

Granted out in the sticks Optus don't have great coverage (or any) but I've
found around NSW at least, in the regional towns & cities, Optus have just
as good a coverage as Telstra GSM (you can't compare GSM to CDMA different
technologies, different strengths & weaknesses).

Alan Parkington wrote...

> The Next G network offers a larger mobile coverage footprint than the
> old CDMA network, covering more than 2 million square kilometres as compared
> to CDMA which covered more than 1.6 million square kilometres.

Parky, I asked if you could comment on this in your own words, not to
parrot a Telstra PR blurb.

The issue here is that Telstra is using some guy who lives in a rural area
with tenuous links to a famous actor and a famous movie to sprout the
greatness of NextG. Yet they're not even sure whether the guy can get
NextG, despite the advertising claims that he makes that he can.

So, I ask again, mate, what are your thoughts on this?