Back now on the larger island after spending a couple of weeks visiting some
friends and touring widely.

Heaps of tourists almost everywhere but amazingly, very little GSM coverage
except in the major towns.  Telstra, bless its soul (does it have one?) has
by far the best GSM coverage (don't believe the competitors maps).  However,
to really stay in touch around Tassie a Telstra CDMA phone is pretty much
the only option unless you go satellite.

Surprisingly, many of the accommodation rooms in the more outlying areas
don't have phones in the guest rooms and sometimes the only comms option is
to use a payphone.  In Tas there seem to be many more payphones in the
street, per capita, than in other states, perhaps indicating that mobiles
are less used by tourists due to the very limited coverage offered by the O
and V networks.  Travel to Tas with only O and V and you will be severely
coverage-limited.

Telstra must love Tasmania.

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