Re: Best low use mobile plan

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers, aus.comms
Subject	Re: Best low use mobile plan
Date	2016-05-18 17:00 +0000
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news16 <news16@woa.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 May 2016 19:16:12 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
> >   General advice: If you're on Telstra, get a Telstra device with a
> > 'Blue Tick' marking. They've better reception in low signal situations.
> > Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. (Translation: Successful
> > 'emergency' call to 000, some 40kms from the nearest tower.)
> 
> Did you use any external antenna for that?
> That is about the only reason for keeping the ZTE even though it has been 
> useless in past.

  No I didn't have/use an external antenna.

  And it indeed was a ZTE one, the Telstra T95 to be precise.

  However I did have to stretch my arm up high and use the phone on
speaker. Walking a few tens of meters made the difference between signal
and no signal. A few years later, I stopped at the exact same spot (had
the coordinates in my GPS) and had the exact same coverage/non-coverage
experience. Quite interesting/weird.

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