Tanami communications
Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008 at 23:48
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JimDi
Towing my caravan across the Tanami rd last week, I was surprised (this being my first trip in this part of the world) to find at
the Granites mines that I had mobile phone coverage. I know this phenomenom is down to the
mine being there, but has anyone told Telstra that it is possible to provide a service in remote areas. We lost coverage at Alice and did not get it back until nearer
Halls Creek apart from the above.
So one would assume that if Telstra can provide service out there then why not all over. I saw no shortage of communications towers on the way across.
Jim
Reply By: Axel [ the real one ] - Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008 at 18:33
Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008 at 18:33
Now Im no expert when it comes to mobile phones , but ,,, all those towers that you see every 50klm on the Strezleckie - Oodnaddatta - and the Tanami are phone towers , just NOT mobile phone ,they are microwave dishes to send from 1 tower to the next at an average distance of 50klm ,, the reason u and I get mobile coverage at
places like Granites
mine is because the '
mine' pays to have a tower with mobile to the land line to the microwave ,,, someone from Telstra can probably explain it better ,,,
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