Telstra
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New Telstra mobile coverage
Telstra has expanded 4G and 5G mobile coverage throughout Kyneton, with a series of new mobile sites now delivering improved connectivity. A new 4G and 5G mobile base station at the showgrounds has been switched on and will support an additional 10 5G small cells that were recently rolled out through the area. Telstra regional…
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Telstra upgrade for Macedon
Telstra will be upgrading its mobile base station at Macedon West to bring new 5G coverage to the area. The mobile site is on the Calder Freeway between the Macedon and Woodend turn-off and provides coverage along the freeway and the surrounding area. Telstra 5G delivers increased capacity, which means more consistent speeds, smoother streaming…
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Smalls cells boost for Kyneton coverage
Telstra has been working to improve mobile service in Kyneton, recently completing 10 small cells installations and progressing on the new base station at the Kyneton Showgrounds. The new small cells have been installed on electricity poles in 10 locations around town. Small cells are a low-powered, more discreet solution to meet ever-increasing demand on…
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Telstra upgrading Malmsbury mobile network
Telstra will be upgrading its mobile base station in Malmsbury by adding additional infrastructure to bring better 4G services and new 5G coverage to the community, but the works will require a series of temporary outages or reduction in mobile coverage. These improvements will temporarily impact Telstra mobile coverage from Monday November 27 to Thursday…
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Mobile coverage plans for Kyneton
Telstra is planning to improve mobile phone coverage for Kyneton by erecting a macro base station as a light pole swap out at the Kyneton Showgrounds. Steve Tinker, Telstra regional general manager, said Telstra had been working to improve the mobile service situation in Kyneton for some time, including installing a new site at Mineral…
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Promises to fix mobile blackspots
New Optus and Telstra mobile phone base station sites will be built at Gisborne South. The federal government announced funding for the blackspot area last week, and election pledges also revealed Woodend is in sight for improvements. McEwen Labor incumbent Rob Mitchell and Liberal candidate Richard Welch have pledged to work with the community and…
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Temporary outages for Kyneton
Kyneton residents may experience a series of temporary outages in mobile phone coverage this week as Telstra upgrades its mobile base station with additional infrastructure. These improvements will impact Telstra 3G and 4G coverage at various times during daylight hours from Wednesday to Friday this week, and again on Monday and Tuesday of next week.…
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Telstra payphones are now free for calls within Australia
Telstra today announced that all Australians can now make calls right across the country for free on Telstra’s network of more than 15,000 payphones. In the past year, about 11 million calls were made across Australia from Telstra payphones. This included more than 230,000 calls to critical services like ‘000’ and Lifeline, proving a crucial…
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Constant interruption to ADSL internet
Residents of Ashbourne and Woodend are struggling to work and study from home during lockdown with constant interruption to their old technology ADSL internet service. Congestion on the Mount Macedon mobile tower that services the district has impacted mobile data use, especially in the outlying area to the east and south-east of Woodend. Some residents…
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NETWORKS DOWN
Residents across the region vented their anger last week with mobile phone services disrupted from Tuesday to Thursday and power outages during Friday’s 40-degree heat leaving many sweltering. Seven days of planned works to the Kyneton area mobile phone network were abandoned on Friday after Telstra reassessed their suitability going into the day’s forecast heat…
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Firies back tower
Emergency warnings and communications are expected to improve for the previously fire-ravaged Benloch as Telstra moves to install a second telecommunications tower. Telstra has proposed a mobile telecommunications network base station at Feeneys Lane under the Victorian Mobile Black Spot Program, and local firies are backing the move. Benloch Fire Brigade captain Gary Deer said…