On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:48:39 +1000, Kwyjibo wrote:

> "Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:9xmNi.5333$H22.4692@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>
>> "Will Kemp" <Will@xxxx.Swaggie.net> wrote in message
>> news:4704b9f9$0$3605$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>>A workmate, who's been using CDMA for many years, tells me he's sure
>>>CDMA
>>> coverage is getting worse. Now this could, of course, be his phone
>>> deteriorating - but it struck me that it's exactly the sort of dirty
>>> trick telstra would try and pull. Maybe based on the idea that if CDMA
>>
>> Yep, there is a dirty tricks dept, deliberately misaligning antennas by
>> a couple of degrees,
>
> Believe it or not but that actually happened a few years ago in order to
> give a federal politicial in Boronia Vic better coverage at the expense
> of those who were zoned out of range by the move. There was a Country
> Wide employee living in Healesville who was not a very happy man when it
> happened.

Never! That couldn't possibly be true! There's no way our beloved,
caring, customer-loving tel$cum could do such a thing!

Nowadays, of course, they're more likely to turn it the other way - just
to piss the pollies off!