Next G reception

I have found the opposite to be true in the Wide Bay - Burnett and Fraser Island

hopefully it will get better, CDMA was crap when we were forced to give up the analogue phones. I have to swap over soon and I hope it works ok at sea as we are usually around 50 to 200 miles out to sea. CDMA has been good around most of the WA coast.

I was going to upgrade (downgrade??) from CDMA last week, but Nokia dont have a NextG phone yet - according to Telstra Nokia will release them in June - July. I will wait till then as the Telstra guy on the phone suggested...

I have been at Shannon (50klm from Pemberton) and compared the nextg directly with CDMA and found that the NextG was 10 to 15 klms less coverage than the CDMA. Telstra say it is not so but the only other explanation is we were comparing a LG500 with a Kyrocera.
All I know is that CDMA worked at Shannon and the NextG didn't despite the theory

Reception quality seems to vary depending on where you are, which I suppose is to be expected since the network is not yet complete.

I have CDMA through another supplier, who retails off Telstra wholesale.
Next G is not yet available to other retail services.
i.e. Telstra wholesale has only released Next G to Telstra retail, and no other retailers.

So when Telstra closes down the CDMA network, and my supplier looses that service, will Telstra then allow other retailers of thier products to sell Next G?
My supplier also retails GSM services, which will close down in a few years too.
I might just have to sit and wait to find out about my CDMA. My supplier has not been told yet what is happening.
If Telstra cancel CDMA and keep Next G for themselves, what a monopoly.

Any one heard anything about this?

The Next G network coverage is still not equivalent to CDMA coverage and Telstra are not making any promises to have it that way until the CDMA network is turned off.

Next G is transmitting from the same tower locations as CDMA and until CDMA is turned off I imagine the best antenna positions on the mast will be taken by CDMA until CDMA is no longer on air. This situation exists at many locations around the country but will be rapidly rectified soon after CDMA is shut off.

Makes sense when you think about it.

I have been at locations where people had CDMA reception but I didn't have NextG reception on an LGTU500. Looks like I'll have to get the car kit and aerial. The LG is a pain as it doesn't have voice dial like the Nokia 6255 CDMA.

I have a jasJam on next G and have just arrived back (tonight) from Winton via Longreach, Barcaldine and Roma wetc.

The next G was amazing.

Just could not believe the places we got reception all the way through.

I'm very pleased so far.

Cheers

Mark T

must say that anyone i know agrees that cdma left the new g network fo dead...
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like most things it will take time, however i'm yet to see any digital product work better and more consistantly than it's analoge predecessor..

just wait and see i guess

donks

The answer is simple, I rang Telstra to ask why I could get CDMA and not Next G, at certain places.

The answer was that some of the smaller areas have not had I turned on yet.

Some times the best people to speak to are the people that know, EG: If you want to know about Telstra and there products, you would get a better answer from Telstra and not a 4wd forum.

Thats my logic anyway.

Cheers Steve.