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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / January 2005Vodafone Rolling More Coverage Out?
Hi Everyone, A vodafone reseller has told me that Vodafone has started to roll out more towers again, can anyone confirm this. Regards, Tom  SignatureTA 2000 > Hi Everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Regards, > Tom Probably in preparation for Vodafone/Optus 3G? >Hi Everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Regards, >Tom Probably 3G, although their coverage is pretty good now for 2.5G. Depends on where you want to use it. No one carrier has a monopoly in all areas. A User Wrote: > >Hi Everyone, > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Depends on where you want to use it. No one carrier has a monopoly in > all areas. No it seems if my info is correct, they rolling towers in Country area's. That are 2G/2.5G. SignatureTA 2000 > A User Wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > No it seems if my info is correct, they rolling towers in Country > area's. That are 2G/2.5G. Any info on what country areas/states/towns? Nola Jean McKenzie Wrote: > " > Any info on what country areas/states/towns? I'll only say that its in South Australia. Just in case what I was told isn't true. Regards Tom SignatureTA 2000 > >A vodafone reseller has told me that Vodafone has started to roll out > >more towers again, can anyone confirm this. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Probably 3G, although their coverage is pretty good now for 2.5G. Hardly. Trails Telstra CDMA, Telstra GSM, and Optus GSM, overall Michael Wrote: > Hardly. Trails Telstra CDMA, Telstra GSM, and Optus GSM, overall Depends size wise, yes vodafone does trail the other, but where vodafone works it works best by far. Vodafone never do half jobs when they roll towers out, as the others ? SignatureTA 2000 > Depends size wise, yes vodafone does trail the other, but where > vodafone works it works best by far. Vodafone never do half jobs when > they roll towers out, as the others ? Then why can't I get Voda inside Coles supermarket in Healesville yet Telstra works fine? :( Signature73 de Simon, VK3XEM. http://www.aca.gov.au/pls/radcom/client_search.client_lookup?pCLIENT_NO=157452 The views stated by me are my own and have nothing to do with any organisation I belong to, so the prick that tried to slander me can get f.cked because it didn't work! > Michael Wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > vodafone works it works best by far. Vodafone never do half jobs when > they roll towers out, as the others ? Elsewhere you indicated that you're in SA. I was there over Christmas and was NOT impressed with Voda's spotty (at best) coverage on the Fleurieu Peninsular, in the Adelaide Hills and in outer metro Adelaide in general. Very much a half-arsed (quarter arsed?) job in those areas. T and O cover the mentioned areas far more capably. The Family Wrote: > > Michael Wrote: > > > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > T and O cover the mentioned areas far more capably. I disargee with that, I find vodafone to better on Fleurieu Peninsula, though it does everywhere down there. Every network has it problems in Adelaide Hills . SignatureTA 2000 > The Family Wrote: > > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I disargee with that, I find vodafone to better on Fleurieu Peninsula, > though it does everywhere down there. Not sure I understand. There are large areas of the Fleurieu with no Voda coverage but excellent T and O. eg west of Victor Hbr, North of Goolwa, Kuitpo Forest, north of Lake Alexandrina... the list goes on. >Every network has it problems in Adelaide Hills . T & O have made heavy investments in the past 3 years in the ADL hills. Not so V, to the point that V coverage is pathetic in that area compared with T & O. Very little of the hills are now a problem for T & O. You need to do a fair bit of driving to realise this. I did (many friends in those parts that I visited over Xmas) >> Hardly. Trails Telstra CDMA, Telstra GSM, and Optus GSM, overall > Depends size wise, yes vodafone does trail the other, > but where vodafone works it works best by far. Complete and utter pig ignorant drivel. > Vodafone never do half jobs when they roll towers out, as the others ? Complete and utter pig ignorant drivel. > Michael Wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > vodafone works it works best by far. Vodafone never do half jobs when > they roll towers out, as the others ? Why would their towers be any different to anyone elses towers? Michael Wrote: > Why would their towers be any different to anyone elses towers? Every mobile network uses different stuff on there networks, Telstra in the country tend to use a lot of 2 Cell Directions or omni's (Undirections antennas.) As Vodafone mainly uses Directional Omni's and undirections omni's.) Also tower high and placement are other factors in how good the coverage is in area, Telstra and Vodafone Tend to have towers separate to one other, and in the last optus too. Vodafone have tended to tune or direct there towers more to the highways more that the others. Regards Tom SignatureTA 2000 > Hi Everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Regards, > Tom Sounds like, at best, a hopeful reseller. At worst, the reseller could be lying. Resellers are usually an UNRELIABLE source of info about coverage and planned rollouts. Take a squiz at Voda's Annual Report and in particular its discussion of capital planning. No room there for rollout of more 2G. Voda will be hard pressed to keep up with 3G investment and why would it do that by building new towers? Highly unlikely. |
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