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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / April 2004Optus Coverage Update
Activated week ending 4th April Site Name State Monto QLD Collinsville QLD Capella QLD Tieri QLD Springsure QLD Corinda South QLD Hillcrest GSM1800 QLD Cloncurry QLD Cameron Hill QLD Cunnamulla QLD Benaraby QLD Bundy Hwy Nth QLD Narrabri West NSW Tumbarumba NSW Liddel Pwr Station NSW Bondi Junction Westfield Myers NSW Harbord East NSW Mt Vernon NSW Northbridge East NSW North Melbourne VIC Alexandra Parade VIC Royal Cemetery VIC Woomera SA O'Halloran Hill SA Rivervale North WA Swan View East WA Muchea WA Secret Harbour WA Monto Part of our big expansion in the Queensland Central highlands Region, this new site, a 100 metre guyed mast, provides quality coverage to the township of Monto & maximises carkit coverage to the Burnett Highway. Collinsville Co-located on an existing powerlink tower, our new site provides coverage to the Thies Mine, township and surrounding areas. Capella Another 100 metre guyed mast providing maximum GSM coverage, our new site provides Quality Coverage to Township of Capella with coverage extended along Gregory Highway approaches to Town. Car kit users can experience overlaps with existing coverage from our Emerald and Clermont Sites. Tieri Complementing existing coverage from our Middlemount site as well as new sites at Comet and Capella, this 70 metre guyed mast provides Quality Coverage to Gregory & Oakey Ck Mines. Springsure Located 66 kilometres south of Emerald, our new equipment is located on an existing tower at 85 metres. It provide Quality Coverage to the Township of Springsure and Highway approaches to the north, south and East of Town. Corinda South A new site for Brisbane Metro, it enhances coverage to the west of Oxley and South of Seventeen Mile Rocks. Cloncurry Outback Queensland where "the Roads are Straight and Dusty and the folks are much the same" - according to Lee Kerneghan. Having built a 50 metre lattice tower, Optus users can now enjoy Quality Coverage in the Township of Cloncurry as well as maximising coverage along the Barkly and Flinders Highway approaches to town. Cameron Hill Greater highway coverage in Queensland, this new site providing extended coverage along the Flinders Highway, west of Mt Stuart heading towards Charters Towers. It will be followed later in the year by another site at Mingella to further enhance and provide overlap coverage along this busy route. Cunnamulla The Late Departed Slim Dusty first performed "Cunnamulla Fella" back in 1963, with Lee Kerneghan re-recording it later years. Now the folk at Cunnamulla can tell the world who they are over Optus GSM. Our equipment is co-located at 48 metres, maximising coverage to the township and surrounds. Benaraby Our new site south of Gladstone, provides Quality Coverage to township of Benaraby and fills in coverage along Bruce Highway between our Calliope and Iveragh Sites. It also complements coverage form our Boyne Island site along the road between Benaraby and Gladstone. Bundy Highway North Nothing like a Bundy and Coke to wet your whistle on a warm day although mixing it with highway driving is not on. With our equipment raised 3 metres above the existing tower at 38 meters, it provides quality coverage to the Bundaberg Lowmead & Bundaberg Gin Gin main roads leading north and west from Bundaberg respectively. This site also provide improved coverage to Bundabergs northern coastal suburbs including Moore Park Narrabri West Located atop the big 60 metre high silos west of town, we have extended coverage North and South along the Newell Highway, as well as enhancing coverage to the township of Narrabri. Tumbarumba Located at 42 metres on an existing structure, our equipment provide quality on street coverage to the township of Tumbarumba whilst maximising coverage in the hilly surrounds. Liddell Power Station We have gone from strength to strength along the New England Hwy and this new site co-located at 50 metres on a TransGrid tower enhances coverage from our existing Ravensworth site and new Muswellbrook sites. Bondi Junction Westfield Myers Further inbuilding enhancements for the recently re-built Westfields at Bondi Junction. Optus users can now keep in touch as they hunt for a bargain. Harbord East There will be many happy Optus users who live and work in the eastern parts of Harbord with the integration of this site. It provides coverage to the eastern parts of Harbord and Freshwater beach. Those frequenting the Harbord Hilton - I mean Diggers, can now keep in contact as they enjoy a quite beer on a Sunday afternoon. Mt Vernon Another new site for Metro Sydney, it provides major road coverage along Mamre road, in particular the section between Kerrs Rd and Bakers Ln. It provides improved coverage in Mt Vernon area and capacity relief for surrounding sites. Northbridge East This new site provides much needed coverage improvement in the Eastern parts of the suburb of Northbridge and surrounds on Sydney's lower north shore. North Melbourne This new site provides enhanced signal in and around North Melbourne, including the rail yards and along busy Arden and Dryburgh roads. Royal Cemetery Not sure of where to go or what to do in Melbourne? Well, why not walk up to an "Info booth" and seek your answers. Whilst you are there, take a look at the top of these unique little booths scattered around Melbourne - that little antennae is part of an Optus GSM microcell. Award winning in design, it provides dominance and capacity relief along this busy stretch of road. Princes & Lygon Streets Integrated with a Melbourne City Council sign, this new microcell provides dominance and additional capacity along this busy route to the Eastern Freeway. O'Halloran Hill This new site for Adelaide's suburbs provides improved coverage and significant reduction in dropped calls along South Rd and the Southern Expressway at O'Halloran Hill in Adelaide's south. Woomera Outback SA receives a boost with Opus GSM now providing coverage to the township of Woomera and its surrounds including coverage along the Stuart highway for users with car kits. Rivervale North This site has been built and acquired to ensure there is minimal interruption to Optus service after the decommissioning of our Belmont Base Station. It will provide coverage to the Northern areas of Rivervale, including covering the busy Airport to CBD route. Swan View East More improvements to Perth's metro area, this new site provides enhanced coverage in and around Greenmount on Perth's' outskirts. Muchea Extending our coverage Further, Residents living in the township of Muchea will now have the Option of choosing Optus GSM. The new site also provides highway coverage along sections of the Brand Highway and Great Northern Highway heading in and out of the town. Secret Harbour Coverage along Perth's major roads has just got better, with this new site enhancing coverage along the Mandurah Road as well as providing improved coverage to the suburb of Secret Harbour. GSM1800 Upgrades The sites above listed with '1800' now have additional capacity for users with Dual Band handsets. Users in the area will notice dramatic benefits, especially during our ever popular yes time for both voice and data calls. The benefits of GSM1800 are two fold - increase the number of calls that can be made simultaneously on the network and reduce the number of dropped calls due to congestion. > GSM1800 Upgrades > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > be made simultaneously on the network and reduce the number of dropped calls > due to congestion. I've not heard about this before.. interesting. Will my phone automatically switch to GSM1800 (it's a tri-band t39)? Is there a list of existing places that offer this? Phil > I've not heard about this before.. interesting. Will my phone > automatically switch to GSM1800 (it's a tri-band t39)? Your phone doesn't need to do a thing. On Optus, your phone will be listening for an incoming paging signal on GSM900, and normally when the call has started, it will switch to GSM1800. If you ever get to look at test 41 on a dual band Nokia with NetMon, you can see the inter-band handover statistics. Albinus. > > I've not heard about this before.. interesting. Will my phone > > automatically switch to GSM1800 (it's a tri-band t39)? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 41 on a dual band Nokia with NetMon, you can see the inter-band handover > statistics. Albinus, he didnt know what GSM1800 was, do you think he knows what netmon is? > Rivervale North > > This site has been built and acquired to ensure there is minimal > interruption to Optus service after the decommissioning of our Belmont Base > Station. Decommissioning ? Why would they take base stations away ? > Decommissioning ? > > Why would they take base stations away ? Sometimes it's due to "people" protesting about a tower, or else if the cell density has increased, a tower may need to be decommissioned to reduce interference. Albinus. > > Decommissioning ? > > > > Why would they take base stations away ? > > Sometimes it's due to "people" protesting about a tower, or else if the cell They dont get rid of built towers due to people protesting > They dont get rid of built towers due to people protesting Tell that to the people who had the '3' towers removed... > > They dont get rid of built towers due to people protesting > > Tell that to the people who had the '3' towers removed... Stopping 3 from BUILDING a NEW tower is different to the decommissioning of an existing, working, BTS Two towers were de-commissioned during 3Q2003 in Sydney, 3 in Adelaide during 2H2003 and there's one in Brisbane that is about to go the same way. All this is the result court orders. The orders followed "people power" protests that subsequently led to local government taking action. The local government cases were all built around breaches of planning regulations and/or planning approval conditions. > > > Decommissioning ? > > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > They dont get rid of built towers due to people protesting Lets have details on actual names of towes > Two towers were de-commissioned during 3Q2003 in Sydney, 3 in Adelaide > during 2H2003 and there's one in Brisbane that is about to go the same way. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > They dont get rid of built towers due to people protesting Can't read Mikey? I repeat: Syd, Mel and Adl. Oh yeah, I remember. You're from Mel and have never heard of other places. > Lets have details on actual names of towns > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > > > They dont get rid of built towers due to people protesting Good to see somebody with facts to cut down all the pissing to the wind. Mind you the phone companies won out for the vast majority with no sustainable objections. > Two towers were de-commissioned during 3Q2003 in Sydney, 3 in Adelaide > during 2H2003 and there's one in Brisbane that is about to go the same way. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > They dont get rid of built towers due to people protesting > > Rivervale North > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Why would they take base stations away ? A few reasons, from practical experience Telstra had a GSM base at "VFL Park" (Waverley Park) in Melbourne. They knocked the stadium down, so they had to move the BTS There was also one GSM BTS somewhere in S.A. that telstra removed due to insufficient traffic (left the CDMA BTS there though). Thats the only case Ive seen where a BTS has been removed for economic reasons Also if they are BTSes on private properties, like wheat silos etc, sometimes when they change hands the new owner doesnt want the BTS. Ive seen a few forced relocations due to this. > A few reasons, from practical experience > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > sometimes when they change hands the new owner doesnt want the BTS. Ive seen > a few forced relocations due to this. The Telstra site at Bondi Beach in Sydney is another example. The building ( a club) was sold and later demolished. Frank > Liddell Power Station > > We have gone from strength to strength along the New England Hwy and this > new site co-located at 50 metres on a TransGrid tower enhances coverage from > our existing Ravensworth site and new Muswellbrook sites. Yet another wasted Base station.... > Yet another wasted Base station.... Obviously you don't travel around the Upper Hunter with an Optus mobile, and obviously you don't know what's around the area this tower will fill in. I bet your one of those who live in a capital city and think the universe ends when the city does. > Obviously you don't travel around the Upper Hunter with an Optus mobile, and > obviously you don't know what's around the area this tower will fill in. Yes i do - two power stations for one. And yes i have used an Optus mobile in that area (without a car kit) with no problems > I bet your one of those who live in a capital city and think the universe > ends when the city does. Try again > > Obviously you don't travel around the Upper Hunter with an Optus mobile, and > > obviously you don't know what's around the area this tower will fill in. > > Yes i do - two power stations for one. And yes i have used an Optus > mobile in that area (without a car kit) with no problems In what situation ? At either power station, any of the mines or just driving through there on the highway at 100km/h ? Optus has many blackspots around there, and this tower is long overdue and far from wasted. > > I bet your one of those who live in a capital city and think the universe > > ends when the city does. > > Try again If not, you sure have the attitude of one. > > Liddell Power Station > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Yet another wasted Base station.... Interesting comment. Mind explaining why>? >> Yet another wasted Base station.... > > Interesting comment. Mind explaining why>? There are bigger blackspots in Optus' NEHwy network - especially between Tamworth & Muswellbrook. What about the Newell Hwy as well - nothing between Coona & Dubbo > There are bigger blackspots in Optus' NEHwy network - especially between > Tamworth & Muswellbrook. > What about the Newell Hwy as well - nothing between Coona & Dubbo I think Telstra are not much better - I can only comment Orange to Dubbo, and only cover is at Wellington, or at least it was last time I travelled it.  Signature"Ummm, trouble with grammar have I? Yes!" --Yoda > There are bigger blackspots in Optus' NEHwy network - especially between > Tamworth & Muswellbrook. Maybe Optus are doing this for a greater benefit than just the Highway. Maybe they are trying to improve service the power stations, the mines and all the other industry around the area. > Royal Cemetery > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > little antennae is part of an Optus GSM microcell. Award winning in design, > it provides dominance and capacity relief along this busy stretch of road. Ah, now THAT explains why workers have been frantically excavating and cabling and so on to stick these things all over the CBD... one of them showed up outside my place a few weeks ago, and I was thinking at the time that it seemed odd to have a 10-man crew and take four days just to plonk a big round map on the footpath. Now I know why (and why coverage at home is now perfect :) - Anthony I wonder if Optus knows there's a huge blackspot in the middle of Manly, Sydney, encompassing most of the Manly Hospital district... Very annoying... SignaturePlease remove SpamMeNot to reply. I apologise for the necessary use of this anti-spammation method. > I wonder if Optus knows there's a huge blackspot in the middle of Manly, > Sydney, encompassing most of the Manly Hospital district... Very > annoying... Report it: https://www.optus.com.au/Vign/ViewMgmt/display/0,2627,1028_5091-3_5461--View_345 ,FF.html > Royal Cemetery > > Not sure of where to go or what to do in Melbourne? Well, why not walk up > to an "Info booth" and seek your answers. Whilst you are there, take a look > at the top of these unique little booths scattered around Melbourne - that > little antennae is part of an Optus GSM microcell. Award winning in design, Too bad that every one of these "Info booths" with the microcell have a poster saying "coming soon ..." on them, and no info at all! Stupid optus! > Rivervale North > > This site has been built and acquired to ensure there is minimal > interruption to Optus service after the decommissioning of our Belmont Base > Station. It will provide coverage to the Northern areas of Rivervale, Wonder why that ones being decommissioned? > > Royal Cemetery > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Wonder why that ones being decommissioned? tree huggers. > > > Royal Cemetery > > > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > tree huggers. Doubt it > > > > Royal Cemetery > > > > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Doubt it And you think anyone cares whether you doubt it or not. Get a life toilet man. >> at the top of these unique little booths scattered around Melbourne - that >> little antennae is part of an Optus GSM microcell. Award winning in [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Stupid optus! Actually for that I'd be blaming Melbourne City Council, who've been happily leaving these blank for ages now. There are a few with actual info on them, but only a few. - Anthony > Activated week ending 4th April <long list of network updates snipped> Thanks so much for posting this - I have an optus mobile and have been following this thread closely. It would be greatly appreciated if you could keep this up, but obviously there could be a 100 reasons why you or your employer would stop you. For example it was dissapointing to see the "base stations built today" site/promotion taken offline. Maybe a weekly or fortnightly list like this one could replace it online? But let's not forget how this thread started - several people raised concerns the website wasn't being updated quickly enough and you started posting regular updates for everyone to read - great customer service! You wouldn't get that level of service from Telstra or vodafone. Choice magazine was right - optus do listen to their customers more than other carriers. Since 99/2000 when i last used optus reguarly, they have improved by leaps and bounds in quality of customer service and quality of coverage. Let's hope they keep up their investment in rural austraila in years to come. Jason <- a bit of an optus convert these days but they've still got a fair way to go in some areas/states to match/better telstra. |
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