Australia @aussie.zone Zozano @aussie.zone 11 mo. ago

Who is responsible for requesting/issuing cell phone coverage upgrades?

The city I live in, Port Macquarie, has awful cell phone reception basically everywhere (I'm on the Vodafone network).

Is this something I can bring up with the local council, or elected representative?

I can't believe I live in a city of 50,000 people and I'm unable to receive phone calls from my house.

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It's the responsibility of your provider.

Cellular coverage isn't a public service so while you might be able to get your MP to apply some pressure, it's an entirely commercial decision.

I'm on the Vodafone network

InB4 the "well there's your problem" comments.
- Do you think there's anything I can do about it?
  
  I'm not going back to Telstra, they can get fucked. I would rather no cell phone coverage than give Telstra a cent.
  
  I've been considering making my own signal booster, but I don't know how well it will work, or even if it will.
  
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  Have you considered Aldi Mobile? They use the telstra network with some towers excluded. I don't know if there's a way to look up what towers are excluded, but I was under the impression that it was remote towers where no competitors service.
  
  You can buy proper repeaters. There is also optus
  
  I'm 100% for making stuff, Just be careful with makeing stuff like this, something to do with emergency/military signal interference can land you in the shit from what I have read, but if you got the skills and knowledge, bloody get em
  
  Literally any MVNO is better than Telstra, Optus, or Vodafone. Go with Amaysim, Boost, Yatango, Vaya, one of the supermarkets' mobile plans. Shop around. Most of them use the Optus network, but some are on Telstra.
  
  What did Telstra do?
I live in shitty small city and a have shitty connectivity. Luckily, fiber is available and my phone has something called Voice Over WiFi in phone settings. Day & night difference to me. See if this helps you too?
- SIP providers are out here. So getting dedicated SIP "landline" for WFH may be a good idea. Should not cost too much.
Almost like we should have a national provider.
- With Australia's surveillance issues, I would prefer not to have a company which handles our data to have closer ties to the government.
Aussie Broadband are a friendly company and are now an Optus reseller for mobile. I’ve been with them for a while.

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