Checking 3G coverage

Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've
been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that
they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has anyone here
been able to get this to work?

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Graeme Willox wrote:
> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've
> been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that
> they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has anyone here
> been able to get this to work?

Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most of
the time it works ok).
Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new window
won't be displayed.

Kubalister wrote:
> Graeme Willox wrote:
> > Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've
> > been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that
> > they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has anyone here
> > been able to get this to work?
>
> Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most of
> the time it works ok).
> Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new window
> won't be displayed.

It works okay for me. It has been getting a lot of attention lately!

Everywhere is covered ! ... according to the Telstra marketing ppl that bugs
me during business hours on my Vodafone line.


"Graeme Willox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've
> been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that
> they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has anyone here been
> able to get this to work?

[BnH] wrote:
> Everywhere is covered ! ... according to the Telstra marketing ppl that bugs
> me during business hours on my Vodafone line.

Almost everywhere:
http://www.bigpond.com/managed_conte...a/national.jpg

"Kubalister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Graeme Willox wrote:
>> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've
>> been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that
>> they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has anyone here been
>> able to get this to work?
>
> Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most of the
> time it works ok).
> Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new window
> won't be displayed.

Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be
patient

Michael <[email protected]> wrote
> Kubalister <[email protected]> wrote
>> Graeme Willox wrote

>>> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree,
>>> I've been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site
>>> says that they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has
>>> anyone here been able to get this to work?

>> Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most
>> of the time it works ok).
>> Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new
>> window won't be displayed.

> Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be patient

Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth available etc.

"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Michael <[email protected]> wrote
>> Kubalister <[email protected]> wrote
>>> Graeme Willox wrote
>
>>>> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree,
>>>> I've been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site
>>>> says that they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has
>>>> anyone here been able to get this to work?
>
>>> Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most
>>> of the time it works ok).
>>> Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new
>>> window won't be displayed.
>
>> Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be
>> patient
>
> Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth
> available etc.

Not feasible for a couple of days
>
>

Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Michael <[email protected]> wrote
>>> Kubalister <[email protected]> wrote
>>>> Graeme Willox wrote
>>
>>>>> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree,
>>>>> I've been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site
>>>>> says that they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has
>>>>> anyone here been able to get this to work?
>>
>>>> Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most
>>>> of the time it works ok).
>>>> Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new
>>>> window won't be displayed.
>>
>>> Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to
>>> be patient
>>
>> Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth
>> available etc.
>
> Not feasible for a couple of days

Wrong, as always.

Michael said....

> Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be
> patient

How patient does one have to be? I've been trying to access this site
for the past 2 weeks. Last night it told me that the server was busy. I
tried probably a dozen times over a 2 hour period before giving up.

Anyway, I got the chance to check the coverage for NexG out over the
weekend. So far it was all fine, except for around Healesville, a region
NE of Melbourne in the Yarra Ranges. While I had coverage the 3G symbol
wasn't present.. Rather, it simply said "G". As this is a tri-band
phone, according to the blurb, if there isn't say, a NextG cell in
range, but there's a GSM cell, do these phones switch over?

At work it works fine. I'm working out of a multistorey concrete
structure which is about 12km from the nearest town. Where the nearest
cell tower is I don't know. But the Cell ID on the display is indicating
a town that's around 50 km away.

The internet speeds aren't bad. Certainly it's a hell of a lot quicker
than my wife's Nokia, which is a "normal" 3G phone, but in a 2G coverage
area. I can't compare it just yet as we've not had the chance to compare
them when in a proper 3G/NextG area such as Melbourne.

When I had a video call to my daughter who's with Three on one of its
$30 capped 3G plans, it was a bit jerky, like the old days with webcams
and a dialup connection. The voice side of things was fine, though.

Overall I'm happy with the unit. It has lots of gimmicky features such
as pesonallised SMS sounds, ringtones, etc..

And that's another matter. I can't believe that people actually pay to
get ringtones, not when there's any amount of stuff out there, or even
within your own CD collection that can be ripped as an MP3, then edited
down to a 30 sec clip (max ring time for a mobile) and transfered to the
phone.

Dunno if I'll make much use of the Bigpond service. It'll be handy for
looking up phone numbers, perhaps, along with addresses, when on the
road, given that the Telstra service only gives out the numbers and no
addresses, and for weather radar, **** like that.

Maybe business types will find the wireless internet service of use,
given that they're the only ones who'll be able to afford it (and to
claim it back on tax, expense reimbursement or whatever). For the rest
of us, it's an expensive gimmick.

And it's easy to rack up data, too. When I set the phone up, naturally I
had to have a play with it, testing the net, etc. I have accured 2.4
megs of data in probably a one week period. At 1.4 cents a kb, if that
figure is correct (if it's not Michael, perhaps you can enlighten us as
to what is the correct figure) then I have around $35 worth of data
charges.

Will see what the phone bill says when it comes. FOr some reason the
online billing service hasn't picked up the new phone yet, even though
I arranged it when I got the phone (for single billing home phone and
our two mobiles).

Overall, I'm happy with it. Just need to be able to get a reasonable 3rd
party organiser app that will run on it.

Michael said....

>>> Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be
>>> patient
>>
>> Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth
>> available etc.
>
> Not feasible for a couple of days

Why not?

Anyway, it's finally working. Sort of.

The pop-up window has zoom in/out buttons. But they do not work. I tried
to zoom in and out, mainly out, to get a better perspective of NextG's
coverage in a particular area, but it doesn't work. I tried it with
Firefox and IE. I can pan around the map but that's slower than treacle
to redraw or update.

"Emjaye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Michael said....
>
>> Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be
>> patient
>
> How patient does one have to be? I've been trying to access this site
> for the past 2 weeks. Last night it told me that the server was busy. I
> tried probably a dozen times over a 2 hour period before giving up.

I didnt have any trouble recently. About 4-5 days ago

> When I had a video call to my daughter who's with Three on one of its
> $30 capped 3G plans, it was a bit jerky, like the old days with webcams
> and a dialup connection. The voice side of things was fine, though.

Thats because video calling is a wank

> And that's another matter. I can't believe that people actually pay to
> get ringtones, not when there's any amount of stuff out there, or even
> within your own CD collection that can be ripped as an MP3, then edited
> down to a 30 sec clip (max ring time for a mobile) and transfered to the
> phone.

Smacks of effort, to the young un's

> And it's easy to rack up data, too. When I set the phone up, naturally I
> had to have a play with it, testing the net, etc. I have accured 2.4
> megs of data in probably a one week period. At 1.4 cents a kb, if that
> figure is correct (if it's not Michael, perhaps you can enlighten us as
> to what is the correct figure) then I have around $35 worth of data
> charges.

1.5c/kb for PAYG rate

> Will see what the phone bill says when it comes. FOr some reason the
> online billing service hasn't picked up the new phone yet, even though
> I arranged it when I got the phone (for single billing home phone and
> our two mobiles).

Online billing is instantaneous. I suspect your service is on a mobile
account not linked to online billing. If you are in the process of single
billing, it soon will be

"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]:
> Michael <[email protected]> wrote
>
> > Kubalister <[email protected]> wrote
>
> >> Graeme Willox wrote
>
>
> >>> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree,
> >>> I've been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site
> >>> says that they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has
> >>> anyone here been able to get this to work?
>
>
> >> Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most
> >> of the time it works ok).
> >> Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new
> >> window won't be displayed.
>
>
> > Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be
> > patient
>
>
> Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth
> available etc.

That's the exact same thing I said to them when their phone reps were
too busy stuffing my order around and spitting out all the incorrect
bull****.

>> Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth
>> available etc.
>
> That's the exact same thing I said to them when their phone reps were too
> busy stuffing my order around and spitting out all the incorrect bull****.

This coming from someone who *****s Australia as "Australai"

<guffaw>

Michael said....

>> That's the exact same thing I said to them when their phone reps were
>> too busy stuffing my order around and spitting out all the incorrect
>> bull****.
>
> This coming from someone who *****s Australia as "Australai"

If that is the best that you can do to try and defend Telstra, to pick
on someone's typo, then it says much for you and the organisation that
you represent.