Telstra Prevented From Closing CDMA network

[Gingermick]

I was working between pitsworth and millmeran 7 years ago and all you had to do to get reception was stand on the roof of your car

[Christopha]

Telstra have given me a bloody horrible time over the last 12 months and I really don't want to do the nextG thing but living in the country choices are limited. Visitors from the big smoke get all confused when their phones don't work.... "but we know Vodaphone/ Dodo etc works everywhere!".....
I am wondering if anyone knows how well the "3" network goes in the bush. Most locals here have gone nextG because Telstra tells them that noone else can connect them.

[Groggy]

"3" simply does not have the coverage. Major cities, large towns and along the freeways is about it (I am on 3 myself). It works for me because I am in that area for the majority of the time and when outside of it I have access to alternative comms.

[Cliff Rogers]

I changed my phone over from CDMA to NextG just before Christmas.
So far I have no major complaints, I even found a place that has a 3G cell that didn't have a CDMA cell.
Only thing I am disappointed about so far is the quality of the handset.
They give up ruggedness to have a heap of crap features that I never use.
Who needs a colour screen with 900lines of writing on it that is so small that old pharts can't read it?

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

Don't leave it too long if you want to change to Satellite, the Gubment subsidy runs out in the middle of this year.

.... isn't ISDN a 64kb link? ....

64kb each channel, there are 2 available, that gives you 128kb.
You can make a telephone call on one while you are still connected on the other.
The speed, while not as good as ADSL, is much better than dial up.
My only complaint is that while I was with Pigpond & Home ISDN on Telstra, the cheapest Internet connection only got you 500Mb a month.

I'm on Westnet Satellite now, speed is better than ISDN but the DNS seems to be slow, IE, it doesn't react as fast when you try to go to a web site, once you get there, the page comes down much faster.
Maybe it isn't the DNS, maybe it is just the lag. (latency)