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Re: mobile coverage problem?

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From: ant
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:00
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Thomas Raven wrote in message ...
>On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 01:48:25 +1100, "ant" <dont-look@evil.spam> wrote:
>
>>
>>Thomas Raven wrote in message
>><7jcp8s82gkond0etq895m0473efpuo9oqk@4ax.com>...
>>>On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:54:14 +1100, "ant" <dont-look@evil.spam> wrote:


<edit>

>>
>>
>>then they put up another one or two towers and make the cells smaller, as
>>the area that it serves is about 15 KM long by about 4Km wide i dont
think
>>that they are going to need more capacity for a while yet. still better
>>then telstras service in the area. i would rather have good signal from
one
>>base station then bad signal from three. telstra had promised(over a year
>>and a half ago) to move their base station up onto the escarpment but
>>nothing ever happened, probably to busy with the CDMA roll out, all those
>>poor rural subscribers.
>
>Has anybody in Telstra defined what they mean by "comparable
>coverage"? My dictionary gives two definitions; one is capable of
>being compared and the other is worthy of comparison. Obviously they
>want us to assume they're using the second definition while delivering
>on the first. After all, a bucket of water can be compared to the
>Pacific Ocean.


LOL, i suspect that you are right with you suspicion.


its like my Pentium system is comparable to my old Sinclair zx80 or my
appel 2

ant
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From: "ant" <dont-look@evil.spam>
Subject: Re: mobile coverage problem?
Date: 2000/01/27
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