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#136847 10-Dec-2013 20:55
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It took sometime, but 4G is here in Johnsonville with Vodafone.

Shame the signal strength is still weak (1 km line of sight to the mall, top of hill):



And the obligatory speedtest (Nokia Lumia 1020):




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  #948970 10-Dec-2013 21:01
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Do you have a master filter?



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  #948981 10-Dec-2013 21:20
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What's the 4G signal strength of your old provider, Telecom in your house?




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  #948983 10-Dec-2013 21:21
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There's NO 4G Telecom in Johsonville yet.




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  #948990 10-Dec-2013 21:37
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How is your 3G coverage? There are 3G sites on the other side of the hill that should deliver much better coverage than the main J'ville site, but these don't have LTE yet.

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  #948992 10-Dec-2013 21:43
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I have three bars on 3G now.







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  #948994 10-Dec-2013 21:54
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Don't be surprised if 4G and the stronger 3G goes away looks like the site is unlocked for some testing and could be locked back down again

 
 
 
 

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  #949089 11-Dec-2013 07:37
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Interesting. Why would you use 4G at home when you can use much cheaper WiFi?

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  #949090 11-Dec-2013 07:43
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There is always that brief period I am in the bus between home and office for example...




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  #949091 11-Dec-2013 07:44
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Ah yes, I can see how you'd want 20Mbps data for that 10 minute walk, 5Mbps just wouldn't do ;)

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  #949092 11-Dec-2013 07:50
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Sure wouldn't:)




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  #949101 11-Dec-2013 08:18
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This morning outside Johnsonville Mall, five bars:




What a difference one kilometre makes.




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