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Also worth noting that Telecom will have W850 coverage across the whole network, where as Voda will have W900 coverage outside the major centres and 2100MHz coverage.
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nzbnw:Also worth noting that Telecom will have W850 coverage across the whole network, where as Voda will have W900 coverage outside the major centres and 2100MHz coverage.
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DjShadow: I get the impression Telecom will have the best coverage, esp with metro areas as they will have dual W850/2100 coverage in these areas?
I have noticed that Telstra market their NextG network based on big coverage
In CHCH for instance 2100mhz is on the main route from airport to CBD and south to Sockburn (based on RSM site and actual panels on the sites)
Its obviously suited for inbound roamers and capacity in high usage areas.
icepicknz: To give you an idea of signal, there are 3 towers on old albany highway on the north shore of auckland, one is vodafone, the other is telecom and the third is NZ Coms. I live about 1.5km's from here in a valley off kyle road.
Currently my 1x/EVDO telecom handset gets between 1 and 2 bars signal at the best of times, often loosing signal, my vodafone gets about 3 to 4 bars and goes in and out of 3G signal, however my telecom WCDMA (850) phone gets full 3G signal.
The problem is, I'm probably the only one in the area using the telecom W850, so signal is optimal, once users are connected to the network, you generally get cell shrinkage meaning I may go down to only 2-3 bars again, or maybe even 1 bar like I see in 1X, it all depends on how many people are connected to the cell.
Another thing to consider, is telecom is optimizing W850, meaning the antenna are being placed on the higest point of the site, from what I've heard anyway, so we should get slightly better reception off WCDMA than CDMA.
Cheers
Barry
Anything I say is my comments only, not on behalf of my employer.
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