[AusNOG] Telstra announces closure of 2G network

[Paul Jones]

At work we were using Telstra GSM for M2M Applications. A few years ago mum + dad a large around Australia trip so I put a GSM based GPS tracker in their car, partly to watch their progress, partly out of curiosity to see how well GSM was working in regional areas.
The answer - it sucks. There is virtually no GSM coverage outside of cities and very large towns. Needless to say I quickly changed to using 3G radios in our products, even though at the time they were double the cost. Telsta must have been taking down the equipment as it fell out of use.

Cheers,
Paul.

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Bradley Amm
Sent: Friday, 25 July 2014 12:45 PM
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] Telstra announces closure of 2G network

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/390220,telstra-announces-closure-of-2g-network.aspx
This is going to be hard for the companies that use GSM diallers for alarms and things like that



Kind Regards

Bradley Amm
11 Delawney St Balcatta WA 6021
P 08 6241 4404 F 6241 4455 M 0448 815 710
W www.homegroupwa.com.au<http://www.homegroupwa.com.au/>

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