Telecom WCDMA 2100Mhz coverage

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#225431 15-Jun-2009 23:35

Damager:

I commandeered a cousin's motorola v3x and switched it to wcdma 2100, and nothing showing for Nawton (by the avalon drive wintec campus)

Is Nawton a real place? I always thought that it was a spelling mistake on the sign!

I was a geek before the word was invented!

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#225433 15-Jun-2009 23:38

w2krules:
Damager:

I commandeered a cousin's motorola v3x and switched it to wcdma 2100, and nothing showing for Nawton (by the avalon drive wintec campus)

Is Nawton a real place? I always thought that it was a spelling mistake on the sign!

Ha! Yes it's defnitely real and no spelling errors also. I must admit, that when i came to Hamilton, i also thought it was misspelt

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#225465 16-Jun-2009 08:12

Damager: Ha! Yes it's defnitely real and no spelling errors also.

Sorry, I had to laugh here - no spelling errors on the name, except for the sentence declaring no spelling errors.

Carry on, sorry for the disturbance in the force...

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#225481 16-Jun-2009 08:54

In Wellington the 2100Mhz coverage seems to be something like 80% of what Vodafone's is from my limited experience. Not very useful far beyond the central city itself, but that's pretty much as advertised.

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#225486 16-Jun-2009 09:02

I live in Nawton, everyday when I go to work I leave Nawton, and in a few minutes I am on Norton Rd heading towards town.

There is no Nawton Rd in Hamilton.

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#225674 16-Jun-2009 18:52

freitasm:
Damager: Ha! Yes it's defnitely real and no spelling errors also.

Sorry, I had to laugh here - no spelling errors on the name, except for the sentence declaring no spelling errors.

Carry on, sorry for the disturbance in the force...

I was referring to the name Nawton, but spelling errors still irk me

Thanks for pointing that one out freitasm!

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#225718 16-Jun-2009 22:47

exportgoldman:
why would any network provider bother with 2100 if they could use 850?

Others have mentioned: UMTS850 + UMTS2100 = more capacity.

Plus greater path attenuation of 2100 can actually be considered an advantage in cellular systems, if you are trying maximise frequency reuse.

From a practical point of view, when your UMTS850 phone is broken, you can just put the SIM in any old 2100 3g phone and get your messages (and calls when in coverage).

But from a network operators point of view, the $$$$ from international roamers (using UMTS2100 handsets) might be the main reason you'd want 2100 coverage in airports, major roads, downtown centres and anywhere international roamers are likely to go.

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#225721 16-Jun-2009 22:58

Mangere - favona, just about to the steelmill area and there is more telecom 2100 then vodafone.

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#228571 26-Jun-2009 15:32

Damager: Anyone tried the 2100 coverage in Hamilton?

Yeah, there's 2100 coverage in the middle of town (victoria/collingwood st area).
Drops off pretty quickly once you get over the hill heading towards the lake though.

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#228595 26-Jun-2009 16:33

Well, after 1 week roaming around in NZ (with my phone on 2100Mhz on XT)....

I would say that Telecom XT's 2100 WCDMA coverage is comparable to Vodafone's WCDMA 2100Mhz ONLY footprint in the main centres (Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, not sure about Chch)

If only Telecom would edit their coverage tool so that it shows 2100Mhz coverage!

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#228599 26-Jun-2009 16:38

Concur no 2100mhz in Nawton BUT there is 2100mhz in Hamilton CBD, was in the dentist yesterday that has line of sight to the main Hamilton CBD Telecom exchange and could detect NZL 05

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#228710 27-Jun-2009 01:21

I've had good 2100Mhz signal in Mount Roskill Auckland.

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#231370 5-Jul-2009 23:03

was good for two weeks in Mt Eden and St Lukes until 1st July then disappeared.

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#231376 5-Jul-2009 23:21

davemartin: was good for two weeks in Mt Eden and St Lukes until 1st July then disappeared.

Very interesting.

I tried to use XT today in Mt. Roskill on 2100 - could see network but wouldn't register - Network search found "NZ-05 3G" but then came up "Emergency Only".

I thought it might be the Handset so tried SIM in another 2100 handset - same problem.

I drove over to Royal Oak to a shop and still same problem.

I then thought that maybe it was the SIM so I tried it in a 850 Handset - registered fine without any problem.

Tried again in 2100 handset - wouldn't register

Does anyone at Telecom have any ideas - is there a problem with 2100Mhz handsets registering on the Network in Auckland at present ; surely if one can see the NZ-05 3G network a Telecom SIM should register.

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#231378 5-Jul-2009 23:23

Perhaps its setup to only allow roamers to register on it, and the network will hand off any 850 phones to it when needed?

To have people putting a telecom sim in a 2100 only phone and using it will just create problems with them complaining of coverage issues. To me refusing the registration on a known non 850 handset is totally the right thing to do.

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