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carkitter
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Those locations confirmed what I already thought. I'm 300m from a Voda and 2D site, 600m from another Voda and XT site and 1.3kms from a third Voda site. There's a lot more XT 2100MHz sites than I thought, especially on the Shore.
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yea g
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Apparently they are from MED's database (whatever that is) and I found them on geekzone. The guy that posted them (full credits to him) I think has downloaded the locaitons of each cell tower and put them into a kml file. He does say that not all towers are on there because some don't give co-ordinates
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carkitter
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MED will be the Ministry of Economic Development. They are the government department who got dragged into the Vodafone v Telecom court dispute over interference from the XT network.
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Muhammad-Oli
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Today I was surprised to see a HUGE at least 20 metre tall billboard in Christchurch (on the side of the Copthorne Hotel on Durham St for an CHCHers) advertising the SE X1. Could this be the beginning of some proper SE advertising in NZ?
I think I was mostly surprised that they were advertising the X1 though, seeing as it's due for replacement soon in overseas markets and probably isn't the type of phone that's going to sell well in New Zealand in my opinion.
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yea g
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Which company was advertising it? Surely not  NZ themselves?????
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Muhammad-Oli
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It was SE. It was definitely in their advertising style, and I'm not sure because I drove past it quite quickly, but it may have had an "I Something" slogan on it.
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carkitter
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I hope the shock didn't cause you to crash your car... 
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Muhammad-Oli
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 Of course not! But I may go past it again today on my way to work, so hopefully I'll get a better look.
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yea g
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What next? A NZ store that sells unbranded phones/reasonably priced accessories???? if so then 
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Muhammad-Oli
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Well I went past today and managed to get a photo as I was going past. Not the best quality or angle because it's a pretty grey day here (now raining) and because I only got one chance of getting a photo while not moving.
Also I guess that because of new laws, I was risking a fine if a cop saw me!
Larger version here. The billboard says "I my different lives"
It was easier to upload the photo to Flickr from my phone than it was to access Flickr from my work computer to post this!
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carkitter
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On 2009-08-18 07:31:16, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
...Also I guess that because of new laws, I was risking a fine if a cop saw me!...
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As I understand it... the ban isn't in effect until November, but you can still get done for wreckless driving if holding the cellphone causes you to drive erratically, even witout the ban. The difference is that after the ban, if sighted using a phone you can be prosecuted even before exhibiting dodgy driving.
On a similar note, someone I knew who'd had to much drink to drive and decided to sleep it off overnight before driving home, was prosecuted for drink driving as a result of having the keys in the ignition to listen to the radio. The person was fast asleep at 3am when they were busted.
Better to get a taxi and come back later for the car.
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Muhammad-Oli
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Thanks carkitter. Because I'm working so much, and at night too, I haven't been able to catch the news in a few weeks at least. I didn't know the new laws aren't in effect til November. I never use my phone while driving anyway, apart from today of course. 
That sounds a bit harsh though with the drink driving even though he/she was just listening to the radio!
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Muhammad-Oli
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According to Vodafone:
"On average, Vodafone Prepay customers save $375 a month on call & TXTing with BestMate."
They reckon the average BestMate customer uses $375 worth per month. Jeeze, some people must be milking it to hell. I know I probably use about $50 but no more.
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carkitter
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Those who 'milk it' to the extent of $375+ are likely talking while driving. I worked with a truck driver who was on his mobile non stop... |
soane28
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should use my bestmate abit more then!
Hearing about Bert Nordberg taking over the helm of SE is prob the best news ive heard from SE in ages! Anyone else thinking "about f*&%ing time"??
This is a good read, prob old now:
http://www.phonearena.com/htm[....]y-Ericsson-article-a_6454.html |
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