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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / October 2006Checking 3G coverage
Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has anyone here been able to get this to work? > Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've > been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that > they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has anyone here > been able to get this to work? Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most of the time it works ok). Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new window won't be displayed. > > Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've > > been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new window > won't be displayed. It works okay for me. It has been getting a lot of attention lately! >> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've >> been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new window > won't be displayed. Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be patient > Kubalister <Kubalister@no.spam.here> wrote >>> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, >>> I've been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site >>> says that they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has >>> anyone here been able to get this to work? >> Yep, works fine (occasionally it does report as being busy but most >> of the time it works ok). >> Just make sure you allow pop-ups for that site, otherwise the new >> window won't be displayed. > Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be patient Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth available etc. >> Kubalister <Kubalister@no.spam.here> wrote > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth > available etc. Not feasible for a couple of days >>> Kubalister <Kubalister@no.spam.here> wrote >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Not feasible for a couple of days Wrong, as always. Michael said.... >>> Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be >>> patient [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Not feasible for a couple of days Why not? Anyway, it's finally working. Sort of. The pop-up window has zoom in/out buttons. But they do not work. I tried to zoom in and out, mainly out, to get a better perspective of NextG's coverage in a particular area, but it doesn't work. I tried it with Firefox and IE. I can pan around the map but that's slower than treacle to redraw or update. "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message news:rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com: > >>> Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, > >>> I've been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth > available etc. That's the exact same thing I said to them when their phone reps were too busy stuffing my order around and spitting out all the incorrect bullshit. >> Telstra should have had enough of a clue to increase the bandwidth >> available etc. > > That's the exact same thing I said to them when their phone reps were too > busy stuffing my order around and spitting out all the incorrect bullshit. This coming from someone who spells Australia as "Australai" <guffaw> Michael said.... >> That's the exact same thing I said to them when their phone reps were >> too busy stuffing my order around and spitting out all the incorrect >> bullshit. > > This coming from someone who spells Australia as "Australai" If that is the best that you can do to try and defend Telstra, to pick on someone's typo, then it says much for you and the organisation that you represent. > Michael said.... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > If that is the best that you can do to try and defend Telstra, to pick > on someone's typo, then it says much for you and the organisation that I believe I was commenting on someone spelling in that post, nothing more, nothing less > you represent. I don't represent any organisation. Do you see any organisation in my headers? Do I attach a sig to my posts? "Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:michael@yahoo.com: > > Michael said.... > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > I don't represent any organisation. Do you see any organisation in my > headers? Do I attach a sig to my posts? Thankyou for the support Emjaye. It was a simple typo. As for you Michael, are you saying that if we go through your posts, we won't find ANY spelling errors or simple typos? Are you really suggesting you are so perfect that you then have the right to critisize others for their typos. sh.t, I'd hate to see what you'd say to some poor dislexic person if they managed to get on here you fool. Or is it just your that bored because your too lazy to go out and do the things most people have to, so to fill in your time, you look for something to critisize? Michael said.... > Telstra have reported that there is high demand on the site and to be > patient How patient does one have to be? I've been trying to access this site for the past 2 weeks. Last night it told me that the server was busy. I tried probably a dozen times over a 2 hour period before giving up. Anyway, I got the chance to check the coverage for NexG out over the weekend. So far it was all fine, except for around Healesville, a region NE of Melbourne in the Yarra Ranges. While I had coverage the 3G symbol wasn't present.. Rather, it simply said "G". As this is a tri-band phone, according to the blurb, if there isn't say, a NextG cell in range, but there's a GSM cell, do these phones switch over? At work it works fine. I'm working out of a multistorey concrete structure which is about 12km from the nearest town. Where the nearest cell tower is I don't know. But the Cell ID on the display is indicating a town that's around 50 km away. The internet speeds aren't bad. Certainly it's a hell of a lot quicker than my wife's Nokia, which is a "normal" 3G phone, but in a 2G coverage area. I can't compare it just yet as we've not had the chance to compare them when in a proper 3G/NextG area such as Melbourne. When I had a video call to my daughter who's with Three on one of its $30 capped 3G plans, it was a bit jerky, like the old days with webcams and a dialup connection. The voice side of things was fine, though. Overall I'm happy with the unit. It has lots of gimmicky features such as pesonallised SMS sounds, ringtones, etc.. And that's another matter. I can't believe that people actually pay to get ringtones, not when there's any amount of stuff out there, or even within your own CD collection that can be ripped as an MP3, then edited down to a 30 sec clip (max ring time for a mobile) and transfered to the phone. Dunno if I'll make much use of the Bigpond service. It'll be handy for looking up phone numbers, perhaps, along with addresses, when on the road, given that the Telstra service only gives out the numbers and no addresses, and for weather radar, sh.t like that. Maybe business types will find the wireless internet service of use, given that they're the only ones who'll be able to afford it (and to claim it back on tax, expense reimbursement or whatever). For the rest of us, it's an expensive gimmick. And it's easy to rack up data, too. When I set the phone up, naturally I had to have a play with it, testing the net, etc. I have accured 2.4 megs of data in probably a one week period. At 1.4 cents a kb, if that figure is correct (if it's not Michael, perhaps you can enlighten us as to what is the correct figure) then I have around $35 worth of data charges. Will see what the phone bill says when it comes. FOr some reason the online billing service hasn't picked up the new phone yet, even though I arranged it when I got the phone (for single billing home phone and our two mobiles). Overall, I'm happy with it. Just need to be able to get a reasonable 3rd party organiser app that will run on it. > Michael said.... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > for the past 2 weeks. Last night it told me that the server was busy. I > tried probably a dozen times over a 2 hour period before giving up. I didnt have any trouble recently. About 4-5 days ago > When I had a video call to my daughter who's with Three on one of its > $30 capped 3G plans, it was a bit jerky, like the old days with webcams > and a dialup connection. The voice side of things was fine, though. Thats because video calling is a w.nk > And that's another matter. I can't believe that people actually pay to > get ringtones, not when there's any amount of stuff out there, or even > within your own CD collection that can be ripped as an MP3, then edited > down to a 30 sec clip (max ring time for a mobile) and transfered to the > phone. Smacks of effort, to the young un's > And it's easy to rack up data, too. When I set the phone up, naturally I > had to have a play with it, testing the net, etc. I have accured 2.4 > megs of data in probably a one week period. At 1.4 cents a kb, if that > figure is correct (if it's not Michael, perhaps you can enlighten us as > to what is the correct figure) then I have around $35 worth of data > charges. 1.5c/kb for PAYG rate > Will see what the phone bill says when it comes. FOr some reason the > online billing service hasn't picked up the new phone yet, even though > I arranged it when I got the phone (for single billing home phone and > our two mobiles). Online billing is instantaneous. I suspect your service is on a mobile account not linked to online billing. If you are in the process of single billing, it soon will be Michael said.... >> to what is the correct figure) then I have around $35 worth of data >> charges. > > 1.5c/kb for PAYG rate Well, that charge is certainly making itself felt. Have a look at below. What's the difference between the different types of sessions? Aside from the obvious one, telstra.internet and the mms one, what do they mean? (I hope that this ain't a jumbled mess of text...) 9 Oct 12:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 29 Oct 11:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 29 Oct 10:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 29 Oct 09:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.04 29 Oct 08:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 29 Oct 07:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 29 Oct 06:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.04 29 Oct 05:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 29 Oct 04:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 29 Oct 03:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.04 29 Oct 01:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 29 Oct 12:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 28 Oct 11:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 28 Oct 10:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.04 28 Oct 09:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 28 Oct 08:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 28 Oct 07:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.04 28 Oct 06:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 28 Oct 05:05 pm telstra.internet 1 KB 0.01 0.01 28 Oct 04:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 28 Oct 03:08 pm telstra.mms 259 KB 0.00 0.00 28 Oct 03:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.04 28 Oct 02:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 28 Oct 01:04 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 27 Oct 05:57 pm telstra.wap 25 KB 0.34 0.38 27 Oct 05:57 pm telstra.media 5 KB 0.00 0.00 27 Oct 05:53 pm telstra.wap 462 KB 6.30 6.93 27 Oct 04:06 pm telstra.wap 187 KB 2.55 2.80 27 Oct 04:06 pm telstra.media 5 KB 0.00 0.00 26 Oct 11:27 pm telstra.internet 399 KB 5.44 5.99 26 Oct 11:06 pm telstra.internet 421 KB 5.74 6.31 > Michael said.... > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > 28 Oct 04:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 telstra.internet is the pay-as-you-go billing APN which provides non filtered internet access to your handset. > 28 Oct 03:08 pm telstra.mms 259 KB 0.00 0.00 telstra.mms is the APN used to send video and picture messages to the preset server on the network and will only allow tunnels to that server. It also sets the billing rate at a fixed amount (75c etc) per connection. > 27 Oct 05:57 pm telstra.wap 25 KB 0.34 0.38 telstra.wap is similar to telstra.internet BUT it doesn't allow direct access. All requests are sent through a proxy that not only allows for real-time billing (hence the availability to pre-paid) but also checks the device type used to determine if it should be customised for a smaller limited handset screen i.e handsets only capable of WAP functionality rather than all the bells and whistles of full HTTP. > 27 Oct 05:57 pm telstra.media 5 KB 0.00 0.00 telstra.media is the APN used exclusively for Foxtel Mobile content. To access the server hosting the content on the internal intranet you need to access this APN. It also ensures that you're not billed any extra for data after you pay the monthly fee. The main differences between them are how the billing system is set up to charge for access and what IP path and servers are accessible. There are other APN's such as telstra.pcpack & telstra.datapack that allow customers who have subscribed to a monthly data bundle to be billed at those rates. If a user with a data bundle accessed the telstra.internet APN they would be charged at PAYG rates. Kubalister said.... > telstra.internet is the pay-as-you-go billing APN which provides non > filtered internet access to your handset. Thanks for the info. It's appreciated. Just one more question - what's "APN"? Anyway, as you can see, it's damned easy to rack up data charges. I've had the phone two weeks, I think, and I've already hit around $60 in data charges. Now that the novelty has worn off, it'll only be used when necessary. I'm impressed with the phone, though. Works well, comfortable to use, nice feel to the keys and the screen looks OK, not grainy, etc. Only thing is the software limitation between PC and phone. I can't manage the contacts/address book directly from the PC as the phone doesn't support that function. Rather, I have to do it in a roundabout way. Export the data via the sync. function, then import it into Outlook. However, when I update a record or records I can only do a complete sync. The records overwrite what's on the phone, or it adds to them, thu duplicating each entry. And for the ones that it overwrites, all the info such as assigned ringtones for each individual contact is deleted. The PC software doesn't recognise that data. Whatever the main thing is that I can now root around and eventually sync my Palm Desktop software with the phone via Outlook.... > Kubalister said.... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks for the info. It's appreciated. Just one more question - what's > "APN"? Access Point Name > Michael said.... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > (I hope that this ain't a jumbled mess of text...) Sorry, I don't understand my own bills, so I can't tell you what they mean. telstra.wap and telstra.internet are different APNs, but they appear to be charged at the same rate. Telstra.mms is the zero priced carriage for your outgoing MMS (because you are charged 50c? for the MMS) > 9 Oct 12:05 pm telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 > 29 Oct 11:05 am telstra.internet 2 KB 0.03 0.03 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > 26 Oct 11:27 pm telstra.internet 399 KB 5.44 5.99 > 26 Oct 11:06 pm telstra.internet 421 KB 5.74 6.31 > Sorry, I don't understand my own bills, so I can't tell you what they mean. > telstra.wap and telstra.internet are different APNs, but they appear to be > charged at the same rate. On a slightly related topic Optus 3G billing can be a little hard to understand as well. WAP and Internet is charged at 1.5c/KB, but under their $9.90/month WAP and Internet cap for 2MB, excess data is charged at 0.3c/KB. This lower rate isn't shown on the bill, just the difference between 1.5c/KB and 0.3c/KB after 2MB is rebated back as "credit" on the bill. Quite confusing to get your head around at first. Everywhere is covered ! ... according to the Telstra marketing ppl that bugs me during business hours on my Vodafone line. > Every day since Sol tried to shower all his guests at his soiree, I've > been trying to check the Next G coverage, but Telstra's site says that > they're experiencing heavy demand on their servers. Has anyone here been > able to get this to work? > Everywhere is covered ! ... according to the Telstra marketing ppl that bugs > me during business hours on my Vodafone line. Almost everywhere: http://www.bigpond.com/managed_content/images/internet-plans/broadband/hsdpa/nat ional.jpg |
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