There was every chance that Next g coverage existed where your phone went to
2G, however the 2G signal may have been slightly stronger

To really maximise your Next G coverage, I would recommend that you change
the settings on your phone to stay on Next G only.

With your phone switching between frequencies you may get drop outs.
Although you technically are supposed to switch without a problem, sometimes
dropouts do occur.

"Snapper" <snapper1@y7mail.com> wrote in message
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> John Henderson wrote...
>
>> UMTS (3G) cells don't broadcast cell name (area info) data yet.
>> Any you see come from times when the phone's camped on a 2G
>> (plain old GSM) cell.
>
> That's interesting. GSM coverage where there is no NextG.
>
> Not looking good for Telstra's claim about NextG being more widespread
> than its GSM or any other telco's networks, for that matter.
>
> In some areas there is Optus GSM coverage where there is no NextG
> coverage. Then I'm seeing GSM coverage where you'd think that there'd be
> NextG.
>
> Trouble is, when I'm travelling the phone's tucked away in the pocket, so
> I can't easily see what the coverage is doing and when I was in this area
> whether or not the 3G symbol was active on the phone.
>
>