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Re: State of the Phones

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On Tue, 06 May 2025 08:39:34 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev  
<not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

> 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.

Vodaphone does not use the Optus network now and I know that
because a mate of mine uses Vodaphone and gets and awful result
with it that he never got when he used the Optus system previously

> 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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