"Core2Duo" <Core2Duo@theinternet.com> wrote in message
news:CtCXi.8923$CN4.7186@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
> "Marts" <marts_57@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:jleti3d1gogjhs0qigr1b4r19h6d8ggv7j@martz_57.c om...
>> Michael wrote...
>>
>>> Given that NextG covers 99% of the Aus population and CDMA only covers
>>> 98.8%, clearly there are more locations where NextG works, and CDMA
>>> doesnt,
>>> than the reverse.
>>
>> Clearly, then, someone has got their 98 and 99 percents mixed up
>> somewhere.
>> Perhaps whoever is responsible for the PR should have a chat to whoever
>> is
>> responsible for the tech side of things. Hopefully then, they can get
>> their
>> stories straight. But right now, I can tell you that in quite a few
>> places that
>> I've been since getting the NextG phone, its coverage isn't as good as
>> when I
>> had my CDMA phone, starting with areas in NE Victoria, some places near
>> where I
>> live, one or two spots on the 90 Mile Beach (SE Victoria coastline), and
>> Phillip
>> Island. Cowes to be precise.
>>
>>> Your point about analog is irrelevant, AMPS only ever covered 0.6m sq
>>> km,
>>> CDMA covered 1.6m sq km, and NextG covers 1.9-2.0m sq km
>>
>> I only made reference to it because some spots that we go bush, we could
>> get an
>> AMPS signal, but GSM, CDMA and now NextG is still non-existant.
>>
>> So, for those areas that had good AMPS coverage, chances are that CMDA or
>> NextG
>> won't have been made as good.
>>
>
> Have you tried getting a signal w/ one of Telstra's new NextG phones?
> eg the Telstra 165 'Country Phone' mentioned at
> http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelst...ObjectID=40918
> You 'may' get better reception. If you don't, call your nearest Federal
> politician.
>
> The silly thing it the Telstra site returns no results for a search on
> "165 Country Phone" or even "165" (that are relevant), but I was told at a
> Telstra shop that they actually have it in stock.
>
That's because Telstra's website search engine always has been, and always
will be, totally and utterly fucked. Try searching for other basic
'products' such as Phoneaway, Faxstream Duet, Call Waiting etc and you
usually end up with fuck-all in relevant results



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