At the risk of being crucified for asking a question of a Vodafone person (how dare I, apparently), I am asking here as I just had a wholly unsatisfying conversation with someone in Egypt.

While standing outside the University of Auckland on 33 Princes St at the bus stop (pictured here with cars parked in it):

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=queen+st&sll=-41.244772,172.617188&sspn=30.699306,86.572266&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Queen+St,+Auckland+1010&ll=-36.851252,174.768491&spn=0.004001,0.010568&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-36.850995,174.768613&panoid=T8o4qGn9hRvviznGQGoEmA&cbp=12,149.7,,0,5

my Nokia 6120 has no 3G coverage. It's been this way for at least a week. Down the street (hill) a bit further, suddenly 3G comes back in. Around the corner, it's good, in fact all the way home.

However, it's just this one spot. The call centre rep I spoke to tried to blame my handset, was I sure it was in 3G, anyone else with the same problem, etc etc. I don't believe it is my handset, as I get 3G mere metres up the road (or down the road). It's just here, 3G seems to be non-existent. I get a good, strong 2G signal. Just no 3G. He also said to ask my friends or anyone else if they could get 3G - but again, I don't think that would be an issue.

Given its location, I am guessing this would be a 2100MHz coverage area. John - is this issue something you're familiar with?

Thanks for listening :)