 Re: Vodafone coverage Melbourne-Echuca/Moama
There's an update to this story.
Previously I said that I didn't have any reception on my Vodafone phone from
just outside Forbes near Melbourne to just before arriving in the centre of
Echuca on the Victoria/NSW border. My phone didn't have 900Mhz 3G so I was
relying on 2G and 2100Hz 3G. I also daid that the coverage maps on
Vodafone's website indicated 2G coverage in Rochester and right around
Echuca/Moama, and national roaming in Heathcote, but my experience did not
match that.
Here is the update. Previously, Vodafone's coverage map indicated whehter
the coverage available was 2G, 2100 Mhz 3G or 900Mhz 3G, and stated which
kinds were available in a particular area. Now it just says standard
coverage, without any further details.
For checking broadband and mobile internet coverage, there is standard
coverage and regional coverage, but the difference isn't explained on that
page. From looking at the maps, the difference might be:
Standard coverage (talk, txt & pxt) - one or more kinds of coverage are
available but which is not stated.
Standard coverage (mobile broadband and mobile internet) - 2100 MHz 3G is
available.
Regional coverage (mobile broadband) - 900 MHz 3G is available
Regional coverage (mobile internet) - 2G coverage or 900Mhz 3G are
available, or both.
but this is just a guess.
It would be nice to know what you can get (including quality) and where you
can get it.
National Raoming is still indicated though.
Liron
"Liron" <nomail@sick.of.getting.spam> wrote in message news:...
>I went from Melbourne to Echuca over the weekend. But although
> there is supposed to be 2G coverage in Rochester and the Echuca/Moama
> area, and national roaming coverage in Heathcote, according to the
> Vodafone website, I experienced no coverage at all from just after Forbes
> until just before I arrived in the centre of Echuca. Furthermore, when I
> got to Moama, coverage was patchy in many places and non existant in
> places like the Rich River Golf Club at ground level outdoors (available
> but intermittent on the first floor). As I left Echuca to head back to
> Melbourne, my coverage ran out before the houses did. Yet according to
> the coverage check featuree on the Vodafone website, there is a big ring
> of coverage that envolopes Echuca and Moama and the surrounding area.
>
> I have a 3G handheld phone but it does not have 900Mhz 3G coverage, hence
> I was relying on 2G coverage outside of Melbourne. I have international
> roaming activated, so according to the Vodafone website, I should have
> natiohnal roaming activated too. In most places my phone was located in a
> vehicle when I reported no coverage, but in Heathcote, central Echuca and
> the Rich River Golf Club, I used it outdoors as well.
>
> Is this the experience of other people, or could my phone have problems
> with 2G? My main gripe is that the coverage I experienced does not match
> the coverage as displayed on the Vodafone website.
>
> Liron
>
"Liron" <nomail@sick.of.getting.spam> wrote in message
news:ANmio.6149$FH2.4178@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigp ond.com...
> Hey everyone! There's an update to this story, and you're going to love
> this.
>
> Previously I said that I didn't have any reception on my Vodafone phone
> from just outside Forbes near Melbourne to just before arriving in the
> centre of Echuca on the Victoria/NSW border. My phone didn't have 900Mhz
> 3G so I was relying on 2G and 2100Hz 3G. I also daid that the coverage
> maps on Vodafone's website indicated 2G coverage in Rochester and right
> around Echuca/Moama, and national roaming in Heathcote, but my experience
> did not match that.
>
> Here is the update. Previously, Vodafone's coverage map indicated whehter
> the coverage available was 2G, 2100 Mhz 3G or 900Mhz 3G, and stated which
> kinds were available in a particular area. Now it just says standard
> coverage, without any further details.
>
> For checking broadband and mobile internet coverage, there is standard
> coverage and regional coverage, but the difference isn't explained on that
> page. From looking at the maps, the difference might be:
>
> Standard coverage (talk, txt & pxt) - one or more kinds of coverage are
> available but which is not stated.
> Standard coverage (mobile broadband and mobile internet) - 2100 MHz 3G is
> available.
> Regional coverage (mobile broadband) - 900 MHz 3G is available
> Regional coverage (mobile internet) - 2G coverage or 900Mhz 3G are
> available, or both.
>
> but this is just a guess.
>
> It would be nice to know what you can get (including quality) and where
> you can get it.
>
> National Raoming is still indicated though.
>
> Liron
>
>
>
>
> "Liron" <nomail@sick.of.getting.spam> wrote in message news:...
>>I went from Melbourne to Echuca over the weekend. But although
>> there is supposed to be 2G coverage in Rochester and the Echuca/Moama
>> area, and national roaming coverage in Heathcote, according to the
>> Vodafone website, I experienced no coverage at all from just after Forbes
>> until just before I arrived in the centre of Echuca. Furthermore, when I
>> got to Moama, coverage was patchy in many places and non existant in
>> places like the Rich River Golf Club at ground level outdoors (available
>> but intermittent on the first floor). As I left Echuca to head back to
>> Melbourne, my coverage ran out before the houses did. Yet according to
>> the coverage check featuree on the Vodafone website, there is a big ring
>> of coverage that envolopes Echuca and Moama and the surrounding area.
>>
>> I have a 3G handheld phone but it does not have 900Mhz 3G coverage, hence
>> I was relying on 2G coverage outside of Melbourne. I have international
>> roaming activated, so according to the Vodafone website, I should have
>> natiohnal roaming activated too. In most places my phone was located in
>> a vehicle when I reported no coverage, but in Heathcote, central Echuca
>> and the Rich River Golf Club, I used it outdoors as well.
>>
>> Is this the experience of other people, or could my phone have problems
>> with 2G? My main gripe is that the coverage I experienced does not match
>> the coverage as displayed on the Vodafone website.
>>
>> Liron
>>
>
>
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