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On 16/08/10 17:06, Liron wrote:
> I went from Melbourne to Echuca over the weekend.  But although
> there is supposed to be 2G coverage in Rochester and the Echuca/Moama area,
> and national roaming coverage in Heathcote, according to the Vodafone
> website, I experienced no coverage at all from just after Forbes until just
> before I arrived in the centre of Echuca.  Furthermore, when I got to Moama,
> coverage was patchy in many places and non existant in places like the Rich
> River Golf Club at ground level outdoors (available but intermittent on the
> first floor).  As I left Echuca to head back to Melbourne, my coverage ran
> out before the houses did.  Yet according to the coverage check featuree on
> the Vodafone website, there is a big ring of coverage that envolopes Echuca
> and Moama and the surrounding area.
>
> I have a 3G handheld phone but it does not have 900Mhz 3G coverage, hence I
> was relying on 2G coverage outside of Melbourne.  I have international
> roaming activated, so according to the Vodafone website, I should have
> natiohnal roaming activated too.  In most places my phone was located in a
> vehicle when I reported no coverage, but in Heathcote, central Echuca and
> the Rich River Golf Club, I used it outdoors as well.
>
> Is this the experience of other people, or could my phone have problems with
> 2G?  My main gripe is that the coverage I experienced does not match the
> coverage as displayed on the Vodafone website.
>
> Liron
>
Doesn't sound surprising at all, I have Prepaid mobile broadband with 
them and it doesn't work where their website says it should.