Mike - I have NextG and I remember getting some sort of comms going at SPSP last year.... I think.
The coverage maps that these guys show to the general public are either "futures" or lies. When I swapped my good old CDMA Blackberry for one of these horrible NextG JasJams I was told that my place in Cooma (i.e. country) was in a "high-speed, full-signal" zone. It doesn't work at all unless we walk to the very top of our hill which is 100 metres straight up. The maps don't mean diddly - which is probably false advertising, but it's just so easy to get away with dishonesty these days at corporate level. I guess that they'll simple fix the areas that get the most complaints first..... maybe.
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Originally Posted by iceman
Hi guys
For one of the regulars that go out to Ilford regularly, what phone coverage is available out there? I know CDMA works out there, but does NextG, Hutch 3G or GSM work?
Also, at Lostock, CDMA worked, barely - if you stood on one leg and held your finger in the air.. it worked better from the top of the hill. Does anyone know if NextG works out there? I'm pretty sure GSM and Hutch 3G don't.
My wife's CDMA phone needs to be replaced as the CDMA is supposedly closing down in late January, and I need a phone that gets coverage in those areas.
Telstra reckons that there is NextG coverage at Mudgee and Dungog, which are close-by towns of Ilford and Lostock.
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