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kiwisteve

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#10489 25-Nov-2006 12:50

Does anyone know when 3G Vodafone is starting on the Kapiti Coast ?
There looks to be some new 3G antennas on the water Tank cell site

thanks for any info

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#53603 25-Nov-2006 12:55

Not far off

Just wait for the 3G icon and that means 3G is on for you

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#53624 25-Nov-2006 17:02

There has been 3G coverage in Paraparaumu for probably close to a month now.

kiwisteve

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#53628 25-Nov-2006 17:38

Interesting the phone failed to find it even forced to 3G mode
works fine in Palmerston North and Porirua and south strange

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#53629 25-Nov-2006 17:46

Maybe you are not in the 3G coverage foot print for your area yet

kiwisteve

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#53720 26-Nov-2006 19:08

drove through Paraparumu again today still no 3G on my phone.
Stopped for a few minutes and spoke to Vodafone shop .
Very helpful sales lady says they are hopeful to have it on for Christmas
She also said a few tests have been carried out in recent days . I assume coverage tests !!

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#53722 26-Nov-2006 19:22

I drove through there today as well and noticed that there was no 3G coverage either. There was on Thursday and I've been up there quite a few times over the past 3 or 4 weeks and have had 3G coverage every time. There was only coverage available from the main Paraparaumu site above the township, obviously this has been switched off for some reason.

kiwisteve

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#53724 26-Nov-2006 19:35

May have been problems or just doing coverage tests

Will have a look in a few days and see if any antennas installed on the other kapiti sites

def none on Otaki yet ( pukehou hill )

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#53725 26-Nov-2006 19:42

Before 3G goes live full time in a new area many hours of testing are done: Walking / driving

Testing hand over and mapping coverage and many other things

kiwisteve

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#53726 26-Nov-2006 19:49

Yes thats sounds the most likely reason Pity the rollout has been so slow in our area !

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#53727 26-Nov-2006 20:03

Slow? I have been waiting for 3G coverage in Paekakariki (on Paekakariki Hill Rd, Pauatahanui side of it) for ages, but nothing. I was hoping to have this sometime now, but alas ended up having to sign up MIL to Xtra DSL instead...

kiwisteve

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#53732 26-Nov-2006 20:15

Im waiting for Forest heights ( waikanae ) and Otaki ( pukehou hill )

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#53736 26-Nov-2006 20:36

I know this is slightly OT but it's quite ironic that Vodafone have rolled out a large number of new 3G sites in Wellington over the past 2 months and yet there are areas such as Makara, Houghton Bay and Breaker Bay (to name a few) that have no GSM coverage and have had Telecom coverage for years. Vodafone seemed to have put all their $$ into the 3G rollout.

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#53738 26-Nov-2006 20:41

kiwisteve: Im waiting for Forest heights ( waikanae ) and Otaki ( pukehou hill )

I don't believe Forest Heights is going to be 3G but Ngarara Rd (TV translator) will be. The Forest Heights site is a dog anyway and has had poor coverage since it was installed due to the direction of the panels. The Paekakariki site is similair - BellSouth tried to roll out their network by putting sites on the top of high hills all the way along the Coast - unfortunately when you're using panel antennas aimed North & South and your customers are 200m directly below the coverage tends to be poor.

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#53739 26-Nov-2006 20:41

Yesterday I was at Parade Cafe, Oriental Parade and couldn't place a voice call. Only one bar and sometimes none. Appaling, knowing this is probably the busiest place in Wellington on sunny weekends.

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#53743 26-Nov-2006 20:50

I know what you mean by those panels I have same problem with the pukehou one side on to it and about a 30 deg down angle plus pine tress all adds up to not much signal
Ok Ngarara not know for good coverage !! lots trees and too low but that will explain why I see a microwave link licence to there from Forest heights

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