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#272829 18-Jul-2020 19:31

So I have in the past whinged about the coverage in Khandallah/Onslow Rd area. Our family has a designated corner in the living room for mobile calls.

But recently I noticed a significant improvement. In fact I even saw 3 bars and 4G reception. Has 2 degrees added new towers in the area, or just tweaked the settings? Whichever it is, thanks!

Where can one find up-to-date location of cell towers?

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#2525308 18-Jul-2020 19:35

https://gis.geek.nz/map/celltowers

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#2525309 18-Jul-2020 19:36

2degrees have been building out a huge number of new sites.

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#2525314 18-Jul-2020 19:57

@sbiddle and I were talking about this last weekend, I was driving around the North Shore and saw a number of New 2degrees sites and also seen quite a number out West Auckland

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#2525316 18-Jul-2020 20:06

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@sbiddle and I were speaking about this last weekend, I was driving around the North Shore and saw a number of New 2degrees sites and also seen quite a number out West Auckland

Also more Rural 4G coming soon with their new MoRAN deal with Vodafone

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#2525317 18-Jul-2020 20:11

DjShadow:

Linux:

@sbiddle and I were speaking about this last weekend, I was driving around the North Shore and saw a number of New 2degrees sites and also seen quite a number out West Auckland

Also more Rural 4G coming soon with their new MoRAN deal with Vodafone

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#2525321 18-Jul-2020 20:32

On the topic of cell coverage, how bad is -110 dB? Locn Aotea, Porirua on Skinny.

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#2525322 18-Jul-2020 20:39

linw:
On the topic of cell coverage, how bad is -110 dB? Locn Aotea, Porirua on Skinny.

3G or 4G?

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#2525330 18-Jul-2020 21:02

Just recently switched to warehouse mobile (which uses the two degrees network) and so far have been happy with the coverage especially here in Stokes Valley.

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#2525351 18-Jul-2020 22:19

A reminder that 2degrees supports WiFi calling on some handsets so if you are home and have your phones connected to WiFi you should have no problem with coverage.

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#2525393 19-Jul-2020 02:25

There are a number of RCG sites going up also which will also help.

I also found this one:

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#2525403 19-Jul-2020 08:44

freitasm: A reminder that 2degrees supports WiFi calling on some handsets so if you are home and have your phones connected to WiFi you should have no problem with coverage.

Usually that means you have to buy a new handset which most people don't want to do.

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#2525408 19-Jul-2020 08:53

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linw:

On the topic of cell coverage, how bad is -110 dB? Locn Aotea, Porirua on Skinny.

3G or 4G?

It was -110 dB 4G yesterday and -101 dB 3G today!

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#2525416 19-Jul-2020 09:18

The RCG sites on State Highways have 3G 2100Mhz on them

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#2525471 19-Jul-2020 10:19

Dochart: https://gis.geek.nz/map/celltowers

Brilliant. So looking at

https://gis.geek.nz/map/celltowers/location/dyjblzly

am I right in saying that as of 2 weeks ago they deployed at 700MHz, where as until then this site only operated at 900, 1800, 2100, as per

https://gis.geek.nz/map/celltowers/location/pvwpedyr

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#2525476 19-Jul-2020 10:28

kaczor47:
Dochart: https://gis.geek.nz/map/celltowers

Brilliant. So looking at

https://gis.geek.nz/map/celltowers/location/dyjblzly

am I right in saying that as of 2 weeks ago they deployed at 700MHz, where as until then this site only operated at 900, 1800, 2100, as per

https://gis.geek.nz/map/celltowers/location/pvwpedyr

Yes.

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