my wife and i are travelling painters new to this forum and only six months in to nomadic life due to border restrictions.
Our home base is Adelaide. We have just returned from southern NSW (Merimbula) are we are heading Adelaide to Darwin via Perth in mid May.
We are not hawking for work. Our network has us booked up for nearly 12 months, and that's only six months in!
I'm interested in what phone/internet combinations might work best across the Nulla and up the west coast, with respect to connectivity.
Hope i'm not breaking any rules asking for brand /company names.
Dale & Jacq. (Ranger/camper trailer combo).
-- Edited by Nomadic Painters on Tuesday 26th of January 2021 12:56:51 PM
Dougwe said
01:39 PM Jan 26, 2021
Welcome to the gang Dale and Jacq, enjoy here and out in the playground.
I have been a full time GN now for 6 years, part time for 3 years prior to that.
I use Telstra for my needs. Mobile smart phone and Netgear Nighthawk for Wifi. I have a external antenna up on top of my aluminium teepee and usually connect phone to Wifi calling. I have a plan and bPay the bill monthly. I have a app on my phone to keep track of data being used but have a good plan.
Works for me.
Keep Safe on the roads and out there.
Possum3 said
03:47 PM Jan 26, 2021
Welcome to GN's Dale & Jacq. Telecommunications in Australia outside of Coastal Cities is sketchy to say the least, a Blue Tick Telstra service is the best telephone service short of going for Satellight phones - Network connectivity is currently because of NBN going to hell in a hand-basket for many regional or isolated areas. As per my signature "Smoke Signals & Message Sticks" is seemingly the only proven option.
-- Edited by Possum3 on Tuesday 26th of January 2021 03:48:53 PM
JeffRae said
04:12 PM Jan 26, 2021
Hello Nomadic Painters, All the towns across the Nullabor have Telstra service. Once you arrive on the west coast you will find that Telstra is still the best option. We hotspot our phones for internet connection. Cheers, JeffRae
watsea said
10:42 AM Jan 28, 2021
As JeffRae said, Telstra gives good service as the Nullabor.
On a recent trip when we travelled east to west, we freecamped one night along the Bunda Cliffs area. We used our phones to set an alarm to wake for the following day's journey. Set the time for 5.30am in SA and with the phone on SA time, as we had not crossed the border at that stage. Somehow overnight, the phone caught a WA tower signal so time became WA time which was 2.5 hours behind SA daylight saving time. More sleep-in than we wanted.
-- Edited by watsea on Thursday 28th of January 2021 10:43:47 AM
Hello all,
my wife and i are travelling painters new to this forum and only six months in to nomadic life due to border restrictions.
Our home base is Adelaide. We have just returned from southern NSW (Merimbula) are we are heading Adelaide to Darwin via Perth in mid May.
We are not hawking for work. Our network has us booked up for nearly 12 months, and that's only six months in!
I'm interested in what phone/internet combinations might work best across the Nulla and up the west coast, with respect to connectivity.
Hope i'm not breaking any rules asking for brand /company names.
Dale & Jacq. (Ranger/camper trailer combo).
-- Edited by Nomadic Painters on Tuesday 26th of January 2021 12:56:51 PM
I have been a full time GN now for 6 years, part time for 3 years prior to that.
I use Telstra for my needs. Mobile smart phone and Netgear Nighthawk for Wifi. I have a external antenna up on top of my aluminium teepee and usually connect phone to Wifi calling. I have a plan and bPay the bill monthly. I have a app on my phone to keep track of data being used but have a good plan.
Works for me.
Keep Safe on the roads and out there.
Welcome to GN's Dale & Jacq.
Telecommunications in Australia outside of Coastal Cities is sketchy to say the least, a Blue Tick Telstra service is the best telephone service short of going for Satellight phones - Network connectivity is currently because of NBN going to hell in a hand-basket for many regional or isolated areas.
As per my signature "Smoke Signals & Message Sticks" is seemingly the only proven option.
-- Edited by Possum3 on Tuesday 26th of January 2021 03:48:53 PM
Hello Nomadic Painters,
All the towns across the Nullabor have Telstra service. Once you arrive on the west coast you will find that Telstra is still the best option. We hotspot our phones for internet connection.
Cheers, JeffRae
As JeffRae said, Telstra gives good service as the Nullabor.
On a recent trip when we travelled east to west, we freecamped one night along the Bunda Cliffs area. We used our phones to set an alarm to wake for the following day's journey. Set the time for 5.30am in SA and with the phone on SA time, as we had not crossed the border at that stage. Somehow overnight, the phone caught a WA tower signal so time became WA time which was 2.5 hours behind SA daylight saving time. More sleep-in than we wanted.
-- Edited by watsea on Thursday 28th of January 2021 10:43:47 AM