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 Return to top of page · Post #: 16 · Written at 6:14:14 AM on 21 January 2022.
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 Brad
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I remember the AMPS days and an analogue signal (whilst insecure and subject to being heard by a third party) could travel for 50km quite easily. When I used to camp at Hill End, NSW back in the 1990s the nearest mobile tower was at Orange. Now, there is a smart antenna located in the camp ground on the ablutions block. Smart antennas only work on 3G. We got rid of the nine of these we had where I work and installed a DAS which works on 3G and 4G.

Service hasn't moved with the times. It has gone backwards at an alarming rate. Australia is a first world nation with a sixth world communuications system. CMDA was like AMPS - designed for big countries. Not dozens of little ones like GSM.


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 Return to top of page · Post #: 17 · Written at 3:31:16 AM on 24 January 2022.
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or photos attached to text messages

Hmmm. I have noticed that MMS messages sent from my Telstra 3G phone are simply not received by Vodafone (aka Vodafail) customers.
 
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