…major telcos I live in a Telstra Blackspot, and because I use Woolworths for my mobile plan, Telstra will not talk to me. Woolworths regularly reports the issue, but nothing is done. When I was a Telstra direct customer, I often referred the blackspot to it. My neighbour is a…
…5G. Upon investigation, without exception, these were grey market or second-hand phones that do not support LTE Band 28, which is required for 000 emergency calls and Voice over LTE. Australian Telco network bands To operate here, 4G and 5G phones must support 4G Telstra (1, 3, 7, 8, 28),…
…Australia communicate with ground base stations to redistribute the signal. Telstra says Sky Muster is so bad that it won’t refer customers to the service. “We have not been referring customers to the NBN Sky Muster service,” Telstra general counsel Lyndall Stoyles told the ABC. Starlink Starlink (website) uses about 6,500 low-earth orbit (LEO)…
…certified for Australian 4/5G bands or our limited Wi-Fi 6E 5/6Ghz bands. While you can buy it outright (we tested it on the Telstra network, and it does not appear to be locked), Optus hopes you will buy a 4/5G mobile plan, too. The costs seem very reasonable for: $52/50GB…
…480 x 480 Comms/NFC/GPS BT 5.3, Wi-Fi AX, NFS, GPS Same LTE number share Optus and Telstra Same Ultra-wideband Yes, for keyless unlock No Display viewable 10/40% larger than Watch 2 30.4mm and 37.3mm OS Google Wear OS 5 Google Play Wear OS Powered by Samsung – via the Samsung store…
The Fetch Mini G5 is a small set-top box with a free-to-air TV tuner and all the usual Fetch features, but it uses a new operating system that may support Android TV apps in the future. Since Telstra decided to abandon Telstra TV users and brick their Roku-based set-top box – Read Telstra TV…
…as there is terrific value from $20 per month at Woolworths (Telstra network), Aldi (Telstra), Boost (Telstra) and Coles. Summary Buy what you can afford Go for Qualcomm Snapdragon Chips over MediaTek, Samsung Exynos and UNISOC 1080p LED/LCD is fine for most, but OLED is best for all You will…
…VCRs, hard disk recorders, DVDs, and Blu-ray players. Then, Foxtel launched over Telstra’s HFC cable in 1995, and TV data collection became very hit-and-miss. Enter Free-to-Air Digital TV 2001 On 1 January 2001, DVB-T digitally transmitted the previous Analog TV channels. We were told it was to stop ghosting and poor reception,…
…The tyranny of distance also affects phone antennas and signal strength. While Telstra and Optus claim 97%+ coverage of the population, the sad fact is that this is less than 14% of our landmass. We have recommendations here if you need good regional or rural phone reception. That is why we…
…ring tones – excellent VoLTE Carrier dependent Wi-Fi calling Carrier dependent 4G Bands b1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/32/38/38 HPUE/39/40/41/41 HPUE/42/43/48/66 Comment All Australian and most world bands 5G sub-6Ghz n1/2/3/5/7/8/20/28/38/40/41/66/77/77 HPUE/78/78 HPUE Comment All Australian 5G sub-6 and low bands mmWave No Test Boost Mobile, Telstra DL/UL, ms 33.4/25.9/32ms – above average …
…and low bands mmWave No Test Boost Mobile, Telstra DL/UL, ms 17.2/23.4/37ms – average Tower 1 -dBm, fW or pW -82 to -118 and 6.3pW to 50fW Could get an unusable 5G signal Tower 2 No Tower 3 No Tower 4 No Comment Typical of…
…XE200) – all have patches Telstra’s White Smart Modem Gen 2 (firmware before 0.18.15r) Any generic Chinese device The list is not exhaustive; it is at risk if your router has not received a firmware patch in the last year or so. It also affects Network-attached storage from QNAP and…
