Comments on: I like XT

By: Max Patmoy

Max Patmoy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:10:38 +0000

I’m wrapped in XT especially being able to check my emails on my $240 Samsung Smartphone. I live in Eskdale and have never experienced an outage.

By: Craig Walker

Craig Walker — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:10:50 +0000

I agree with Rod. After the problems with XT I’ve had to change back to Vodafone but I miss XT now that I’m back. It’s the fast 3G everywhere that I miss. I started to actually use the other features of my phone (like browsing & tweeting) & now I’m back with Vodafone they’re a real chore.

Craig

By: Ben Deller

Ben Deller — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:09:03 +0000

Ben coverage for iPhone in HB on Vodafone sucks… Havelock Village = no 3G coverage, inside any building in Taradale = no 3G coverage, my house = no 3G coverage, Waimarama = no 3G coverage. This makes it very difficult to go anywhere near the 1Gig data cap I signed up for and Vodafone will not let me revert to a smaller plan without being charged a huge fee. If you became the local voda coverage advocate and actually got Vodafone to do something about this then I am sure attitudes locally would change.

By: Ben Keehan

Ben Keehan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:35:59 +0000

As I am the local Vodafone Business Consultant I want to take this opportunity to tell you how we/ I see it.

XT has done a wonderful job of creating a real strong brand which has helped them convert many people from CDMA . Unfortunately Telecom has missed the point about how to make a really great 3G network.

Inbreif Vodafone has done it this way.

Firstly Vodafone had really great GSM coverage platform to start with and then they overlayed the 2100mhz UMTS 3G signal on .

Next after load balancing this 3G platform they spent about $400million on a 900 mhz UMTS 3G overlay which is in use today

Vodafone has the only network with a true GSM core, with 7 RNC’s. Totaly load balanced for population and coverage at just over 97% of were people live work and play.

XT has a 850 /2100 mhz UMTS platform with no GSM core and only two RNC units , One for Taupo North and one for Taupo South.

If you happen to have a Vodafone mobile that is 900/2100 mhz UMTS , HSDPA it will also have the abilty to switch back to GSM if you move out of 3G coverage

Telecoms network does not have this. They make up for it with VVM.

Vodafone does have a service called Message Page or VM to Text , this is a clever service as it is answered by an operator.

To dispell any myths about realibity and expected coverage could you please visit http://www.vodafone.co.nz/coverage and see that we do have 900 UMTS 3G coverage in Waimarama. If you need a loan device that you can test for yourself please call me.

Now about the Iphone. Apple has partnered itself with Vodafone Globally. Vodafone has in most areas of operation and partnered countries operates on the GSM & 3G 900 mhz frequency band, Unfortunately the American Military uses the 900mhz band itself so all operators there must use 850mhz. We are hoping that Apple realeses a 900 mhz 3G Iphone soon. In the mean time I use the HTC Magic, touch scren 3G 900/2100, HSDPA, GSM, Android, an awesome device for all things.

So if you are an XT customer and you need to know your options, Vodafone can help you ! please call me on 021 382 088,

Ben