WA TELSTRA MOBILE PHONE COVERAGE>

justcruisin01 · Guru

WA TELSTRA MOBILE PHONE COVERAGE>

villatranquilla · Guru

agree - we went up the coast from Perth to Darwin earlier this year and couldn't believe the improvement since our 2013 trip

Bruce and Bev · Guru

yep not too bad - guess that's why we pay a premium price for their service. We have both Optus and Telstra phones. Optus is pretty much nowhere outside major towns and cities - we only use them because they have cheap plans and we use up our months credit each time we can get reception.

We're at Ravensthorpe, WA, - a small gain bin and one mine community - guess theres about a 1000 people live here. G4 on both phone and 'net dongle.

Onedodger · Guru

We toured Wa in 2014 extensively and had great coverage, better than any other state.

JackieP · Senior Member

i have to agree totally. We have been in WA since late July ( heading west than south ) and have had the best coverage. Only 1 or 2 nights we have had no coverage but thats been when we have free camped in the middle of nowhere. My OPTUS phone is useless except in bigger towns

Grumpytoo · Senior Member

The coverage is due to the number of mine sites in the state. You can be in the middle of nowhere when coverage kicks in.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

There are huge areas without coverage too.
Still none in the Kimberley off highway #1, despite Kalumburu having a population of 450 residents.
And there are huge holes in the central desert areas.

www.telstra.com.au/coverage-networks/our-coverage

Cheers,
Peter

shekon · Guru

WA is great for coverage, and it is the coverage that one can use to find camping spots. Coming across the Nullabor and in other places I have found, I will have coverage until about 5k either side of a rest area and there, there will be nothing. Caused Frangipani and I to have many laughs over this, driving along I would lose coverage, radio through to Fran that a rest area is coming up and sure enough 5k down the road it would be there. Interesting that, because if one was in distress you would think a rest area would be a more convenient spot to have coverage.

My little observation in travelling through WA.

Fuzzball · Veteran Member

We have Telstra Boost - price $40 per month for unlimited text, unlimited phone calls and 3 GB internet data, plus an extra 1GB internet data every Sunday. It's great, and works wherever there's Telstra!