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help with 3G - 4G coverage, Looking for a solution, currently in a remote location of Western Australia, have multiple employees, we currently get 3G and 4G coverage, sometime anywhere from 1bar to 5 bar signal strength, wanting to know if it is possible to connect a 3G/4G modem to a Router and AP points so that an acceptable internet speed is available thru out accommodation for personnel, if a booster would help
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Re: Coverage on 4GX
I would recommend getting a communications specialist to come out and do a proper assessment as having to get people to come out to fix a poorly designed and installed system is expensive.
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The success of this will also depend on how much spare capacity is in the local cell tower. If you connecting several modems each trying to download at the same time will cause congestion in the tower. The reason why mobile data is so expensive compared to fixed broadband is the limited capacity. The price is discourage users from downloading huge amounts of data on the limited bandwidth available.
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Re: Coverage on 4GX
@Walmac, with the number of people you mentioned, I don't think satelite connection is viable (or affordable), nor the 4G... Not sure what your solution might be, but you will need to go for the commercial solution and I doubt anyone here can help you with that...
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Re: Coverage on 4GX
I use the one repeater which covers 2 4GX wireless modems (different sims) 3 mobiles and computers. Telstra sell the repeater for about $1200 and the yagi..cable..connectors and mounting brackets about $350.
Its very tricky to set up and you'll be best to get a contractor that Telstra uses. In metro about $300. That means youll only need 1 antenna system for both voice and data. You can use automatic frequency operation which changes bands in the repeater or you can set it to a nominated frequency bsnd eg 770 megs which in my case is most stable and gives about 70mb/s with several devices. Telstra coverage department is who you speak to... but you really need a genuine Go specialist who knows the set up and hardware and importantly the
Wave software app you remotely access the repester settings with.. from your phone.
Telstra have people who can do the entire install which is quite specialised
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Re: Coverage on 4GX
Almost all Telstra's call centres are overseas and only Disconnections are in Adelaide 9 to 9pm. There is no direct number but repeater hardware and antennas is 1800 305 307 and they are actually in India. You need to be approved first by Coverage Dept.
A normal antenna installer would not have any expertise as its not just a matter of mounting an antenna. Take it from me. The repeater is licensed as a base station and this is not what a normal licensed data cabler or antenna installer does.
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