Telstra Prevented From Closing CDMA network

[echnidna]

On the news today, Telstra Prevented From Closing CDMA network until nextg has the same coverage. Telstra will have to change all their bodgy phones for ones that do work.

[Groggy]

On the news today, Telstra Prevented From Closing CDMA network until nextg has the same coverage...

Looks like CDMA is here to stay then. Poor buggers in the country must be going nuts.

[Buzzer]

Good to here!!!

CDMA will be here to stay I would say.

[Wood Borer]

Living in the bush like anywhere else has it's positives and negatives. It would be great to have mobile coverage but we do realise that may not always be possible.

What gets up people's noses is when the likes of Telstra and the government speak so authoritively about giving us better coverage with Next G than CDMA and blatantly claim it is better when clearly it is not better.

Are they suggesting that their own technical surveys and the experience of people in marginal coverage areas are all liars? That is how it is seen.

In theory NextG should give better coverage than CDMA but in practice it does not even give the same coverage. There are no doubt good reasons for this and no doubt solutions to the problem. Fortunately the current government has had the guts to tell Telstra to carry out their promises and responsibilities.

Anyone who knowingly raises their customer's expectations beyond what they can deliver should be crushed and hung out to dry. Those who unwittingly give false expectations should be taken to task.

[fred.n]

the infrustructure is already there.......keep using it??

[les88]

Caught again the CDMA bullshiiiit said if you didn't change by the 18th [ i think ] you would loose you number, so I changed I have two CDMA phones that are still good. I will put them on a card plan.
les

[echnidna]

Crap happens
that's why I'm not going to rush into changing my internet from isdn in a hurry.

[woodbe]

haha serves them right.

Does that mean all the people they conned to swap from cdma to nextg can sue them to get their money and old phones back?

[Big Shed]

At present CDMA has only been granted a 3 month reprieve until the 28th of April.

Knowing Telstra, it WILL be switched off eventually.

[RufflyRustic]

HWMNBO is now spitting chips and has been for the last 5 minutes when I read the title of this thread out to him......

[Ron Dunn]

Echidna, I've seen you post your love of ISDN a few times ... isn't ISDN a 64kb link? That's like trying to drive an Austin A40 on a freeway ... SLOOOOOOOOW and frustrating.

[AlexS]

My former northern NSW counterpart was instrumental in preventing the closure. Rang Tony Winsor and explained that if CDMA closed, so would the state's flood warning network. Timing couldn't have been better.

[ptc]

I got a next g one. it did not work so they took it back.
So now i have lost my number
My cdma worked perfectly for 7 years !!!
monthly fee $10.
They now wanted $20. That's the cheapest.
Contacting local senator and mp again
keep up the pressure

[Geoff Dean]

Found out yesterday what NextG stands for.

At a clearing sale and a dry old cocky was saying if you go over to the NextGully it might work. I'm still laughing.

[Ivan in Oz]

Found out yesterday what NextG stands for.

At a clearing sale and a dry old cocky was saying if you go over to the NextGully it might work. I'm still laughing.

On Ya!!!!
I'm in Down Town Millmerran,
or is that UpTown
And neither the CDMA WORK callout phone;
nor my Next G work.

I have to take a walk up the sterrt to amke a call or send and receive Messages.

Must look like the Dork my Son says I am