Fair enough really, Telstra has been getting away with murder with its coverage maps. I'm also tired of all its mini-blackspots in big cities, but that's another story.

"Telstra is on track to lose about 1 million square kilometres of claimed mobile coverage – an area larger than NSW – under a proposed regulatory standard that would force carriers to show only areas where a normal smartphone can reliably make a call.

"The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) proposed Mobile Network Coverage Maps Standard 2026 would impose uniform signal-strength thresholds across the industry, replacing a system in which each telco has effectively been allowed to define 'coverage' on its own terms."
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/telstra-s-coverage-map-may-shrink-by-area-the-size-of-nsw-20260309-p5o8po.html

Telstra’s coverage may shrink by an area the size of NSW

A new standard would strip away a huge area from the telco’s published coverage. Rivals and consumer groups have backed the proposed change.

The Sydney Morning Herald

@timrichards

Bloody good move.

All carriers fudge the numbers; having a standard imposed by an independent agency makes sense.

#Australia #Telecommunications

@timrichards Now let's force them to allow domestic roaming