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| Thread ID: 45284 | 2004-05-17 06:26:00 | Off Topic: Telecom text messaging | Susan B (19) | Press F1 |
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| 237077 | 2004-05-17 08:01:00 | Yeah I've had the same problem and I'm on 027. The biggest issue I had was to voda phone but still had problems with 025 as well. Shaun |
Shaun Minfie (2961) | ||
| 237078 | 2004-05-17 09:42:00 | It's a kinda long story so here's the truncated version: A diver was missing off the coast of Wellington, I was on the Lynx, and myself and the girl I was standing next to spotted the diver. I am involved with an emergency service in Wellington, so called 111 and talked to the Comms Centre so they could contact the Westpac Chopper directly as it was searching about 3 kms back up the coast from where we were - quicked and fastest way of getting in touch with them, Diver was subsequently collected by CoastGuard and returned to shore. I then found out two days later that I actually knew him personally. :O |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 237079 | 2004-05-17 09:53:00 | I have also lost texts' 027 to 027. And had others take hours to get where they are supposed to go. Living just around the corner from each other. And if you want lousy coverage, trying living in Rangiora on a Sunday!!!!!!! Have Vodafone coverage, but 027, forget it, three Sundays in a row. | supergran (108) | ||
| 237080 | 2004-05-17 11:12:00 | Yeah, I've lost txts vodafone to vodafone alot, especially in the beginning. I never had txting with telecom... Yeah whiskey, there's a repeater on the lynx aswell :p I was kinda surprised when they told me too! |
Growly (6) | ||
| 237081 | 2004-05-17 11:49:00 | When a text message has to pass through the gateway between networks major issues can happen. I'm on an 021 mobile and a friend of mine is on an 027 mobile. We were texting each other about where to meet for a movie, sent about 5 messages all up probably and got a reply each time rather quickly. Then with the last one I sent it arrived halfway through the movie :-\ It's not uncommon at all. Or you meet someone for lunch and they say "OI, why didn't you reply to my text message".... just at that moment out comes the [beep beep] and they've got your reply just then. Vodafone doesn't have enough bandwidth and the gateway between all the networks is crap. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 237082 | 2004-05-17 13:11:00 | > I suggest you upgrade to 027 anyway, Depends on where you are because 027 could be a backward step if the reception is bad. I'm with 021 and at my mates place in Palmy my reception is good but his 027 is rat ****. Where I live in Greytown is between three towers and with my previous phone I was always getting dropped receptions because of the switching but my new phone does not have the same problem. Also my mate in Palmy got so slacked off with his 027 he was prepared to drop it until he got a new phone so a switch to 027 may solve nothing. Both carriers have maps of their coverage on their websites. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 237083 | 2004-05-17 13:21:00 | > Well I'm not sure, considering the Vodafone network has dismall converage in my experience... Coverage is so dependant as to where you are. I know of someone who changed to the 021 network because they gave them better coverage. If you look at the maps from the two carriers there is actualy very little difference as they are both trying to cover all the main regions. The other thing is that the 021 has been more reliable than the 027. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 237084 | 2004-05-17 13:27:00 | >Vodafone doesn't have enough bandwidth and the gateway between all the networks is crap. Facts please!! |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 237085 | 2004-05-17 21:05:00 | > > Vodafone doesn't have enough bandwidth and the > gateway between all the networks is crap. > Facts please!! I know that there is a location where Vodafone were wanting to put up a celltower. They were allowed to do this as long as they gave the property owners a 2Mb link to Christchurch. So far it's only at 256k, I'm pretty sure that is a good sign of not having enough bandwidth. If they did they'd be able to provide what they promised. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 237086 | 2004-05-18 00:38:00 | It's most likely to be associated with your bad reception. The cell system "invisibly" keeps track of the location of all phones. If yours isn't recorded as being "anywhere", messages won't be sent because it doen't know which cell to send them to. If you send a message or make a call, you've made the system take note of where you are (by using maximum transmit power, probably) so replies will come back. You'll get them in a bunch because they've been queued up. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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