New Zealand coverage

wco81 · 15-02-2016, 20:14

Well for whatever reason, Spark gets me LTE but Vodafone is stuck on 3G.

But I drove from Fanz Josef to Wanaka yesterday and most of the time, neither had coverage. Maybe Vodafone was slightly better between the Haast Pass and Lake Hawea but you'd have signal and then a kilometer later, around the next bend, no signal.

kiwisteve · 15-02-2016, 23:33

Yes you prob picked the worst area for coverage low population = low coverage

4G rural you need 700 Mhz city 1800 Mhz in general
many rural areas do not have 4g yet

enjoy your trip and dont worry about phones !

wolfbln · 16-02-2016, 11:10

Have in mind that LTE in Australia on 700 MHz is different to the US on 700 MHz.

In the US you use band 12 (T-Mobile) and 17 (AT&T). In Australia and soon in Europe band 28 is used.

All of them are called 700 MHz, but have different uplink and downlink frequencies. So it's better to add the bands to this in the future.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-UTRA...nel_bandwidths

kiwisteve · **4g -** 28-02-2016, 07:55

4G here is the Asian spec bringing hardware from USA and Europe
will run the risk of not working here correctly esp 700 Mhz band hardware
probably why our visitor had issues
all 3 nets run correctly here on My Samsung J1 and J2s

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wco81 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 304 Join Date: 17 Jun 2007 Country:	15-02-2016, 20:14 Well for whatever reason, Spark gets me LTE but Vodafone is stuck on 3G. But I drove from Fanz Josef to Wanaka yesterday and most of the time, neither had coverage. Maybe Vodafone was slightly better between the Haast Pass and Lake Hawea but you'd have signal and then a kilometer later, around the next bend, no signal.

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kiwisteve (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 526 Join Date: 14 Jan 2004 Location: Aotearoa / New Zealand Country:	15-02-2016, 23:33 Yes you prob picked the worst area for coverage low population = low coverage 4G rural you need 700 Mhz city 1800 Mhz in general many rural areas do not have 4g yet enjoy your trip and dont worry about phones ! Prepaid Sims Spark NZ, Skinny , 2 Degrees , Vodafone NZ and Australia, EE UK , Travel Sim , Plus Poland Phones: GSM: Nokia 5110 , 6110 , 6310i , UMTS - LG P970 ZTE R54 Galaxy Mini Samsung GTE3210 LTE 4G / 700Mhz Samsung J1 and J 2 LTE 4G / 1800 Vodafone 890N . Samsung Tablet CDMA: Nokia 6385 ( now dead ) TDMA / AMPS Nokia 6120 ( all dead ) SMS contact and Tests +64 20 4577475

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wolfbln (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 206 Join Date: 14 Jul 2014 Country:	16-02-2016, 11:10 Have in mind that LTE in Australia on 700 MHz is different to the US on 700 MHz. In the US you use band 12 (T-Mobile) and 17 (AT&T). In Australia and soon in Europe band 28 is used. All of them are called 700 MHz, but have different uplink and downlink frequencies. So it's better to add the bands to this in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-UTRA...nel_bandwidths

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kiwisteve (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 526 Join Date: 14 Jan 2004 Location: Aotearoa / New Zealand Country:	4g - 28-02-2016, 07:55 4G here is the Asian spec bringing hardware from USA and Europe will run the risk of not working here correctly esp 700 Mhz band hardware probably why our visitor had issues all 3 nets run correctly here on My Samsung J1 and J2s Prepaid Sims Spark NZ, Skinny , 2 Degrees , Vodafone NZ and Australia, EE UK , Travel Sim , Plus Poland Phones: GSM: Nokia 5110 , 6110 , 6310i , UMTS - LG P970 ZTE R54 Galaxy Mini Samsung GTE3210 LTE 4G / 700Mhz Samsung J1 and J 2 LTE 4G / 1800 Vodafone 890N . Samsung Tablet CDMA: Nokia 6385 ( now dead ) TDMA / AMPS Nokia 6120 ( all dead ) SMS contact and Tests +64 20 4577475