Mobile phone coverage
Submitted: Saturday, Feb 18, 2006 at 06:22
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Mudness
Hi, I have a friend planing a trip to
Perth (straight accross the Eyre) and is wondering what / where mobile coverage is avialable (nullarbor leg)? I've done it several times but never owned a mobile and cant even remember if there were emergency phones along the way? Thanks all.
Reply By: Snowy 3.0iTD - Saturday, Feb 18, 2006 at 11:31
Saturday, Feb 18, 2006 at 11:31
Mudness
Having done this trip over a dozen times here it is travelling west:
GSM:
Port Augusta, occasional coverage between
Port Augusta and
Ceduna, after
Ceduna nothing until you get to
Norseman, then nothing until Kalgoorlie, then patchy until about 100ks out of
Perth.
CDMA. Virutally uniterupted (a few blackspots) between
Port Augusta and
Ceduna, coverage for about another 100ks west of
Ceduna. There is coverage around Eucla/Border Village, then nothing until
Norseman. Between
Norseman and Kalgoorlie will be patchy, and coverage for most of the way between Kalgoorlie and
Perth. Fitting a external areial unless it is a giant one, will only give you coverage for another 10-20ks past the edge of handheld coverage, so of limited value.
For this if I am assuming you are with Telstra, if you are with Optus or Vodafone, then grab some tin cans and a piece of string.
Regards
Snowy
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