Next G access - Birdsville and Strzelecki Tracks

Believe it or not - Optus was the only one to provide coverage in and around Birdsville after Birdsville races last year.

Telstra pulled out there stuff , but Optus committed to having theres permanet , was strange borrowing the wife's phone to make a call , its also happened in the odd other place - we always carry sim cards for both now.

Going north NextG coverage is lost not to far from Copley, no Optus

You may also find that Moomba has "arranged" for coverage in their area of operations, makes it easy for them to meet OH&S regs and at little cost to themselves.
We found over in WA last year that many remote areas had coverage when within 50-60 k's of a minesite.
The trans road east from Kalgoorlie right across the continent also has coverage as there are towers the full distance due to National Rail having coverage for the rail line. Consequently there is fair coverage north and south of the line.
We also found a few remote Communities had coverage probably due to the Broadband guarantee. Both Balgo and Mulan had coverage.

Tony, there is coverage in Birdsville township via Optus only. It was so successful following the Races Optus stayed on - Telstra gave us the flick!

After the Birdsville races I went to the Dig Tree, Telstra Tech's were there with a satellite dish running tests, so for that day we had Next G connection it was great.
No connection at Birdsville during the races days, only Optus.

There was talk about Jackson having a tower too!! (talk)