Telecom's new XT network

Posted by Richard Thomas on 10 July 2009 | 0 Comments

Tags: XT, Telecom, mobile, phones

I moved on to Telecom's new XT network earlier this week and I am wondering if this is a good move. I have noticed that sometimes my phone rings when calls are incoming and sometimes it doesn't. Just a few minutes ago I received a call. The phone didn't ring - I only happened to glance down at it and see that there was a call. When I answered it, the quality was appalling. I had to step outside before I could hear the person on the other end properly. They kept fading in and out.

I have never had to leave my office to hear a call clearly on any of my previous phones. What's more, I have heard that quite a number of people in this district are having similar problems. Not a good start. About 8 hours later: Worse still, I received a call earlier that could not stay connected. We lost connection three times and ended up with using the landline instead.

I'm not way out in the country. Yes, I am in rural town but it is the main town in the district. The state highway is a couple of hundred meters away; The CBD of the town is about 300 metres away. We have never had problems like this with the CDMA network. If this service continues we won't be moving any other numbers over to Telecom's XT network.