Comments on: Vodafone Australia and Hutchison’s 3 network now one in Australia

By: Gareth Powell

Gareth Powell — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:18:03 +0000

Oddl, I find the coverage in Australia not a patch on that to be found in many other countries. I always put it down to Telstra and their hold on the market. There may well be other reasons.

By: Darian

Darian — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:15:41 +0000

Well after telstra, 3 has the next best HSPA,while They havent upgraded to 21 mbps like Telstra, hopefully this will give them the capital to do so.

By: Peter T.

Peter T. — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:59:41 +0000

I wouldn’t get too excited about this, especially if you live outside a capitol city. 3 is only in major cities and basically only duplicates areas that are already covered by Vodafone. Vodafone has a slightly more extensive coverage, but it reaches less than 68% of the population and much of their coverage is not 3G. As for the statements about increasing coverage to 95% – don’t hold your breath! Vodafone last year promised a 3G service to regional areas and then reneged on that promise. This would suggest that Vodafone does not have the capability to roll-out even small projects. Vodafone/3 cannot seriously consider themselves contenders against Telstra nor Optus – not now and not in the foreseeable future!