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This will be a game changer in terms of ensuring I have high-speed 'net access when my partner is doing locum work in the middle of central QLD and other places
by girvo 4y ago
This will be a game changer in terms of ensuring I have high-speed 'net access when my partner is doing locum work in the middle of central QLD and other places. Any surprises using this in rural aus?
- ghuntley 4y agoI've used it all over Kangaroo Island (SA), on the salt lakes of tyrrell (VIC), a Westfield carpark (NSW) and in the middle of nowhere in remote central QLD. According to the service coverage maps anything north of Rockhampton won't work (haven't been that far north yet) and there's a straight line to Katherine (NT) and anything above that doesn't work so it isn't a complete solution for doing 4wd red-dirt exploration but it's the best thing available for remote work in Australia and knocks the socks off LTE :)
- girvo 4y agoAh that's awesome to know! Can't wait to get into it when we eventually start doing locum work. Would be awesome to be able to go out to those areas with my partner and still do my job: LTE is rough for a lot of what I need, but I'm also easily able to be 100% remote!
- worthless-trash 4y agoI have a mate using it about 100km west of gc, it works well. Looking for my parents to get it in FNQ daintree. Should be no surprises. Whats wrong the the DSL out that way ( IIRC most of central queensland has DSL2+ ) ?
- girvo 4y ago> Whats wrong the the DSL out that way Nothing, other than we're never going to be in one place for long, and being reliant on whatever Wifi happens to be wherever we are staying is a bit of a pain. And LTE chokes and dies with the sort of bandwidth I need from it for work, sadly
- worthless-trash 4y agoYeah, I understand that feeling very well. I think Starlink is going to be the best option for you that way. The 5G connections are "lacking" in that area.