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Who is responsible for requesting/issuing cell phone coverage upgrades? (aussie.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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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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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I don't remember any phone reviews ever mentioning the signal, do you know of any that do?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    There are absolutely differences in signal quality in phones, but nobody ever mentions it because the equipment needed to properly test it is extremely costly and technical.

    It's one of the things the LTT Labs are trying to set up to do. RF shielded test generator and a spectrum analyzer and generator... The spectrum analyzer by itself costs upwards of $100k USD.

    So hopefully, eventually, you'll be able to see signal quality metrics from at least one place.

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