On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>wrote:
On 3 December 2013 15:56, Morrie Wyatt <morrie@morrie.id.au> wrote:
Telstra 3G sits in the 850Mhz band.
See http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/mobile_phone_frequencies for details.
Think this page might be out of date, it says Telstra has 3G on 2100MHz, which is no longer the case.
My (admittedly hazy) memory tells me that Telstra used to do 3G on more than one frequency, but dropped back to 850Mhz only a year or so ago.
Correct.
Just to add, the 2100 Mhz 3G spectrum was the 3GIS network that "3" built and Telstra bought into as it didn't have a 3G network at the time. The network had had no investment in it for years and was very slow and coverage was very poor outside inner cities. This was the reason behind the "NextG" branding as Telstra went about building its own superior network on the 850 Mhz frequency and wanted to differentiate it from "normal 3G". And yes, the 3GIS network is now decommissioned. Cheers Aryan