Odd DC-HSPA+ coverage in Wellington

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#109887 28-Sep-2012 13:58

I just happened to come across the maps for DC-HSPA+ coverage on VF. They are dated April 2012.

I don't have a clue about the technical stuff but gather it is pretty fast.

I was surprised and vaguely amused to see that a chunk of the waterfront and CBD in Wellington, our capital, does not have coverage, but an apparently random patch of sea in the harbour does!!

See here www.vodafone.co.nz/network/pdfs/vfnz-dc-coverage-maps-apr-2012.pdf

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#692915 28-Sep-2012 14:03

Done this morning on a iPhone5 in Auckland CBD

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#692916 28-Sep-2012 14:05

Wow. That is over 20mbps faster than my wired connection...!!

I'm struggling to figure out why the CBD of the capital city lacks it yet a random area of sea has it..!

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#692918 28-Sep-2012 14:08

Might be reflection off something

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#692920 28-Sep-2012 14:12

What's the speed difference to international sites like?

Is a DC supportive device just going to get roughly twice the speed of a non-DC device?

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#693147 28-Sep-2012 20:34

It's pretty much what happens when you use software to generate RF propogation maps! Things that don't look logical in the real world actually do happen!