My wife and I received text messages from Telstra over the past week advising that there might be some mobile phone service disruptions as they were upgrading their network in various areas around Cairns.
Around a year ago, Telstra installed a large tower next to the Mt Sheridan Shopping Centre but our 3G/4G coverage did not improve.
Some weeks ago, a crew with a very high reach bucket truck were carrying out some work on the base station antennas, and the current Telstra 5G coverage map shows that the base station is obviously for 5G, and Cairns is one of some 8 areas in Qld where Telstra 5G is already operating.
https://www.telstra.com.au/5g#cairns
What a contrast to Optus’ joke of a network where 5G is only operating in or near the Capital Cities as they cherry pick the market as usual.
https://www.optus.com.au/for-you/5g#5g-mobile-coverage
Absolutely pathetic.
