Vodafone Networks

[MikeHales]

Hi

Our networks team is working constantly to improve our mobile network's coverage and capacity. Here are the upgrades completed so far for August 2017.

Site location	Completed	Notes
Trig Road, West Harbour, Auckland	1 August	New 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Malvern Hills Road, Darfield	1 August	New 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Pembroke Road, Stratford	2 August	New 4G (1800/2100MHz)
West Coast Road, Arthurs Pass	3 August	New 4G (700/2100MHz)
Opio Road, Nightcaps	5 August	New 4G (2100MHz)
Perkins Road, Mataura	5 August	New 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Walton Road, Walton, Tamihana	7 August	New 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Huia Street, Taumarunui	8 August	Added 3G/4G (700MHz)
Eden Street, Newmarket, Auckland	9 August	New 4G (700/2100MHz)
Fells Road, Murupara	10 August	New 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Cobb Cottage Road, Blenheim	11 August	New 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Leslies Road, Kaituna	12 August	Added 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Legal Road, Maungataroto	21 August	Added 4G (2100MHz)
Upper Papamoa Road, Te Puke	24 August	Added 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Lauriston Barhill Rd, Lauriston	24 August	New 3G & 4G (1800/2100MHz)
Parkins Road, Bankside	25 August	Added 4G (2100MHz)
O'Briens Road, St Andrews	28 August	Added 4G (700/1800MHz)
Tram Road, Clarkville, Kaiapoi	29 August	Added 4G (2100/2600MHz)

You can find our planned upgrades for coming months here. 

The coverage maps are updated monthly, so new changes might not be listed yet. You can check the coverage maps at http://www.vodafone.co.nz/network/coverage/ and we'll update them with the above sites soon.

I'll update the list above as more sites are upgraded or added during this month.

Mike

[moners]

Hi, instead of users having to search the website, could a link to this information be put with the Network Status - Mobile page (https://www.vodafone.co.nz/help/network-status/#mobile) that is accessed from the main Vodafone homepage? There is just a generic entry about upgrades but no indication where or when it's happening.

It's the first place to go and see if there is a known outage but this information is not there.

Thanks.

Monique.

[MikeHales]

@moners

Good suggestion, agree to hard to find. Will get that done next week.

Cheers

[Christopher]

Hi @MikeHales

What's the West Coast Road, Arthurs Pass one is that West Coast Road in Glen Eden?

Edit: Never mind found out there's another west coast road

[Scooby]

Hi

Did Woodhill get upgraded? I briefly got 4G and then no service and then reverted to 3/2G.

[johnr]

@ScoobyYes it was upgraded but when 4G is added to sites it's unlocked for a short time then generally locked down again for lets say fine tuning then unlocked about a week or so later

John

[johnr]

@ChristopherArthurs Pass is the middle of the South Island, Google maps is your friend

John

[Scooby]

Cheers for the info

[byron_nicolle]

Is there any timeframe as to when or if Cape Karikari will have new 4G added? We currently have 4G on 700Mhz (that I am aware of) but just wondered. I know there was some work done recenlty with the tower in the area, and that the tech guy said he had been installing some new eqiupment on the tower, and he said that Vodafone team then come out to check equipment and then possibly there may then be new 4G added or turned on on the tower. Im interested because my iPad i have does pick up 4G however, not where I live as the 4G out this way is over 700Mhz? The ipad picks it up on a different frequency/band, so I am led to believe/understand? 

I would love to use my ipad on 4G up here, but seldomly use it on mobile data as its on Wifi all the time, and not much point when it only picks up 3G up here currently. 

Any info or update you can give would be great! 

Byron 

[RochelleB]

Good morning @byron_nicolle

1800 and 2100 was enabled on site last month (August) on Cape Karikari.

Regards

Rochelle