"Kralizec Craig" <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
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> Snapper <snapper1@y7mail.com> writes:
>
>>This will be interesting to watch.
>
>>http://www.news.com.au/technology/st...014239,00.html
>
>>Given my experiences over the past weekend with Optus v NextG rural
>>coverage, I'll be keen to see what Optus will have to offer us "bushies"
>>and at what cost.
>
>>If Optus' claims that 900 Mhz is the way to go versus Telstra's 850Mhz,
>>maybe it will end up providing better coverage.
>
>>Who knows? Time will tell, I s'pose.
>
> Indeed. I wonder if the technology Optus is planning to use is the same as
> what Telstra is deploying as '3G'?

Its just UMTS. Its all the same, really, just different frequencies and
vendors