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| Message-ID | <68193e26@news.ausics.net> (permalink) |
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| From | not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) |
| Subject | Re: State of the Phones |
| Newsgroups | aus.comms, aus.electronics |
| References | <6817f23b@news.ausics.net> <vva6c1.au8.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> |
| Date | 2025-05-06 08:39 +1000 |
| Organization | Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
In aus.electronics Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote: > Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote: >> Both of us were within line-of-sight of the phone tower. Phones >> say they have signal inside the house/shed, but since the 3G >> switch-off it just doesn't work anymore (although my older 4G >> mobile broadband modem somehow seems to work a little better). But >> they're in no hurry to fix the landlines because everyone's >> supposed to be using mobile phones! > > Which mobile providers are used? Elsewhere you imply Telstra for you, > but is it also Telstra for all other parties involved? Yes, that person and most others I call use Testra or a Telstra network reseller. I'm using ALDIMobile, and the nearby tower is covered in their sub-set of the Telstra network. I'm starting to wonder if Telstra's really still better than Optus (also Vodaphone since they're apparantly using the Optus network now) since 3G was turned off though. Coverage maps are clearly outright lies. > Don't You Guys(TM) have W-Fi Calling? We're back in The Netherlands, > but also here in some indoor locations, there's (too) little signal. So > for example when we're at our daughter's house, our phones switch to > Wi-Fi Calling on her Wi-Fi. No problem. If your phone and provider > support Wi-Fi Calling, there at least would be no problem on your end. My phone doesn't, and the person I was calling doesn't have WiFi at home. I'm also not sure whether the old 4G mobile broadband modem that powers my home WiFi is magically better than everyone's new phone models, or it's something to do with the two-way data streaming which makes 4G fail in low signal (since the phones often say they have signal/bars, yet calls drop out once started/answered). I never do any two-way streaming over my home internet like for a phone call, and it's easy to ignore short pauses during web page loading or downloads that would cause words to be missed in a phone conversation. Logically my WiFi _shouldn't_ be any better since both are using 4G. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#
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State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-05 09:03 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-05 09:55 +0200
Re: State of the Phones Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-05-05 18:17 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-05 10:58 +0200
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-05 21:51 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:49 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-06 23:02 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-05 22:05 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:18 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-06 23:13 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-07 09:23 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 08:02 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-05-14 18:07 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-25 13:25 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-27 08:32 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-06-06 09:07 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-06-06 17:08 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-06-07 10:14 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:49 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-10 08:12 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 09:51 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-10 23:51 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 00:27 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-11 09:35 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 10:17 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-25 13:21 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-05 09:11 +0000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:39 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 10:03 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:56 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> - 2025-05-08 18:12 +0800
Re: State of the Phones nb <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-09 08:15 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> - 2025-05-09 19:07 +0800
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:45 +1000
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