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#145329 15-May-2014 08:35
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A friend loaned me this phone to try out Windows Phone 8. I'm on Telecom prepay. When I put my SIM in the phone, it worked fine - texts, calls and internet. I was at work at the time in Wellington CBD. When I went home (Whitby) I noticed I had "no service". Strange, but I had Wifi and didn't worry too much about it - I tried pulling the battery and refitting the SIM - no change, left it at that.

But then, when I got to work the next day I found it was working again. That night on the train, after coming out of the tunnel near Takapu Rd - no service again.

Today back at work, it's all fine.

APN settings are fine. Any ideas?

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  #1045323 15-May-2014 09:14
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If I remember correctly that device is 900Mhz not Telecom 850



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  #1045324 15-May-2014 09:15
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You will have a model that doesn't support the 850Mhz 3G band required for Telecom.

A number of sites around the CBD have 2100Mhz for capacity.




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  #1045422 15-May-2014 11:42
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Also APN won't affect coverage at all. Will just stop mobile data working in some cases if incorrect.




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