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Title: Mobile phone reception at the Cape
Post by: McGirr on November 02, 2011, 05:33:24 PM
If you need to be in contact with loved ones, girlfriends, mistresses, ex wife's ( sorry had to add that) mobile reception is patchy.

I carry a prepaid Telstra phone and can get signals at cooktown, coen, and the Cape. You may pickup the odd signal here and there. I also had an IPhone 4 with optus and got a signal at cooktown and at Seisa caravan park as well as the Cape it self. iPhone 3 does not pickup with
Optus.

Tim had his satphone which he got a signal in most places. He may bring it next year for safety precautions such as ordering a pizza or flying in kfc....

Mark
Title: Re: Mobile phone reception at the Cape
Post by: singo-26 on November 02, 2011, 05:39:03 PM
If you need to be in contact with loved ones, girlfriends, mistresses, ex wife's ( sorry had to add that) mobile reception is patchy.

I carry a prepaid Telstra phone and can get signals at cooktown, coen, and the Cape. You may pickup the odd signal here and there. I also had an IPhone 4 with optus and got a signal at cooktown and at Seisa caravan park as well as the Cape it self. iPhone 3 does not pickup with
Optus.

Tim had his satphone which he got a signal in most places. He may bring it next year for safety precautions such as ordering a pizza or flying in kfc....

Mark

Dont they deliver beer?
Title: Re: Mobile phone reception at the Cape
Post by: Offroad 4x4 Accessories on December 06, 2011, 04:51:23 PM
The sat phone was with us this year for emergencies only- Like if we ran out of beer. Im so glad yogi knows how to pack, Beer first  then what ever else can fit in
Title: Mobile phone reception at the Cape
Post by: Glenno on June 16, 2012, 05:58:34 AM
Easier to put the word out here than whilst on the trip

We carry a Sat phone with us, so will have one for the trip.  Any of those emergency pizza orders can be negotiated!
Title: Re: Mobile phone reception at the Cape
Post by: duncanhjblack on June 22, 2012, 01:29:29 PM
Telstra Next G works well in Weipa, then I got a signal at Bamaga and Seisia.. also good signal on the beach at Punsand Bay. Thursday Island OK as well.. nothing anywhere else even with Next G bumper mounted antenna