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mxpress

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#492374 12-Jul-2011 11:44

nzpilot1181: Hi All

Am heading south next week which will take me along the Desert Road. Looking at the XT coverage map it appears that there is a large area of no coverage between Turangi and Waiouru. Is this an error or is there actually coverage along this stretch?

I think NealR has given you the best answer. If he is proven wrong then I am sure you would be able to let him know.

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#492403 12-Jul-2011 12:34

johnr:
nzpilot1181: Native 2degrees cov along desert road??!! Wow where would this b coming from?

They have a cell site on the Sky Tower that reaches Desert road

ROFL LMAO..

John should know that Vodafone have jiggery pokery in their network so if you have a 2D sim in a 2D phone and scan for networks then Vodafone shows up as 2D when you're roaming.

Those sky tower panels have some serious gain on them :)

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