Fewer call drops and delayed txt messages now that Telecom has installed filters?

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#34543 26-May-2009 10:40

I'm curious if people are still experiencing dropped calls and delayed txts?

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#217945 26-May-2009 11:03

Never did to start with.

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#217957 26-May-2009 11:36

Same here. Reception is still poor with Vodafone in some areas of Auckland - even on the Harbour Bridge!

kiwiboi

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#217958 26-May-2009 11:47

Yup, still dropping calls in some areas around North Shore. Just have to turn off 3G and everything's fine.

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#217961 26-May-2009 11:53

The Interference wasn't with 3G as that uses 2100Mhz in the main centers, it was with Vodafone 2G using the 900Mhz frequencies.

Not sure if it affected VF 3G using 900Mhz.

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#217997 26-May-2009 13:37

I still don't get why, when driving into town, right after the curve from the Harbour bridge, my phone ALWAYS drops 3G. But I haven't noticed any difference per-filter/post-filter.

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#218025 26-May-2009 14:50

Because there was nothing happening with the filters that were affecting you.

I am not using GSM at the moment, but I have had many calls on 3g on varying weekday mornings from onewa road to st lukes without issue on vodafone. There is a bit of a dead area at the bottom of the hill on onewa just before the onramp where it gets a bit iffy, and sometimes just at the bottom of the bridge where it starts to slope up on the north side heading south I will have to ask people to repeat themselves, but noway is there a guarenteed drop at the other end of it.

The places I do get drops are southbound between the newmarket viaduct and greenlane - normally just after market road but I havent used it along there in some time so am not sure if its fixed.

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#218252 27-May-2009 10:24

My data connections appear to be faster now that the filters are placed in...or so it seems anyway.

It still drops from 3G to 2G while im at home so nothing has changed there.

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#218262 27-May-2009 10:49

Filters should affect voice and data on 2G only, not 3G...

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#218329 27-May-2009 14:37

I never noticed any issues to begin with either...

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#218394 27-May-2009 17:53

I just had delayed txts today..... 4 msgs came through, 1 i had already recieved, the other 3 were sent yesterday.
I hardly touch my phone though so havent noticed otherwise.

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#218421 27-May-2009 19:43

magu: I still don't get why, when driving into town, right after the curve from the Harbour bridge, my phone ALWAYS drops 3G. But I haven't noticed any difference per-filter/post-filter.

watch for new adds on TV for a digg at this.

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#218803 28-May-2009 16:27

Im now having problems.... same as mentioned above. I dont get any texts until I call out and make a connection to a cell site. Then all my msgs flood in.
Annoying.....

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#219845 30-May-2009 15:32

I did yesterday... Only by about 5 to 10 minutes though.