telstra coverage
Submitted: Friday, Jan 06, 2012 at 21:07
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Member - Mal B
we live in a fringe area only about 70ks [as the crow flys] nw of melb, telstra have agreed to supply and fit an aerial to improve coverage, looks like the aerial comes with one point inside the house with a 2mt lead to plug your phone into has anybody had this fitted, thanks mal b
Reply By: Member - DW Lennox Head(NSW) - Saturday, Jan 07, 2012 at 04:52
Saturday, Jan 07, 2012 at 04:52
Hi Mal B
I live in northern NSW near the coast. I am about 1.2 kms from the nearest Telstra mobile tower but live on the opposite side and just below the ridge line from it.
If we wish to have mobile service, we have to leave the interior of our
home and go to an outside spot. Telstra installed a directional antenna on my roof and I get great coverage but I am 'chained' to the cable. However, it does give excellent mobile service. I have an in car kit fitted with a 'broomstick' antenna for great coverage.
The worst part is we live in sight of an Optus tower and Telstra have told me when they get the 4G installations done they will then look at blackspots. There are about 200 people down
hill from me that have no service from Telstra. There was a 'NIMBY' group opposed to the Optus tower but they already had mobile coverage. As I travel a lot, Optus is not a choice for mobile provider in remote areas.
Anyway, if you need mobile service in your
home, the antenna is better than nothing. Just ensure your mobile can be plugged into the cable and not just passively connected as that is not very good.
Good luck.
DW
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