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CDMA/Next G coverage complaints to spike on Tuesday 29th April? E-mail
by Alex Zaharov-Reutt   
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Ms Marino was also quoted as acknowledging that “it was apparent that Telstra had gone to some length to assist its customers in relation to transition.”

But Marino was quoted worrying that, “in the absence of any supporting material being released from the Minister, regional consumers would be left to take the Minister at his word that Next G now provided at least equivalent coverage and service to CDMA.”

Ms Marino was quoted as exclaiming: “Cold hard facts would be more reassuring than the Minister’s word.”

Ms Marino was then quoted as saying that, “in her opinion, Telstra still had a lot of work to do to bring the Next G network up to being equivalent to the CDMA network.”

What’s clear is that once the CDMA network is gone, and only the GSM and Next G networks remain, any customers that have left CDMA and now use Next G will quickly discover exactly where the blackspots or other coverage issue areas are.

The only way to get those areas upgraded and/or improved is to let Telstra know, let the Department of Communications know and naturally, to ensure that affected consumers are indeed using the right equipment for the best coverage.

Clearly, coverage won’t be perfect for everyone, but only by communication with Telstra – and expecting results – will you get the required action to fix the problem. If that doesn’t work, contacting your local member – and the Federal Department of Communications – on the numbers listed on page 1 of this article – is the recommended course of action.

Telstra has today begun a nationwide newspaper advertising campaign called “Last Call for CDMA” to advise any remaining CDMA customers that now is the time to switch over to Next G, before the network is permanently closed on midnight, Monday April 28, 2008.

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