[QLD] Free Local, National & Mobile Phone Calls & Data from Telstra Payphones at Everton Park, Gaythorne, & Mitchelton

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Thespottedcow on 30/01/2018 - 11:25 crowdsupport.telstra.com.au (31 clicks)
Last edited 16/02/2018 - 12:41 by 2 other users

Brookside Shopping Centre, located at 159 Osborne Rd, Mitchelton QLD 4053, is undertaking rectification works to the surface of its cooling tower and to remove and replace all signage to the tower.

Telstra is required to shut down parts of its mobile infrastructure on the centre roof while this work takes place.

We have a number of other mobile base stations servicing customers throughout these areas and we are deploying a mobile cell on wheels at our Mitchelton Exchange to minimise coverage impact to our customers, but at times customers will be unable to make or receive calls or texts on their mobile phone.

To minimise disruption as much as possible, deactivations will be staggered, but customers in parts of the following areas may have their mobile services impacted during these specific periods:

Gaythorne: 30th January – 9th February
Mitchelton: 12nd February – 22nd February
Everton Park: 23rd February – 7th March

Disruptions to mobile services are expected to occur between 6am-6pm Monday to Friday. Services will be in operation on the weekend.

We are also making use of our payphones in these areas to provide free local, mobile and national calls during the same periods of disruption, as well as free WIFI on our Telstra Air enabled payphones.

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  c64 on 30/01/2018 - 11:33

  +2

  i'm having a heart attack! now i just need to run to my nearest payphone to call an ambulance …

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    GreenGuava on 30/01/2018 - 11:43

    +4

    Haha, on a serious note, dialling 112 will connect you to the emergency services switch using any available mobile network.

    You technically don't even need a SIM in the phone (assuming your phone will boot to the dialer without a SIM).

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      clandestino on 30/01/2018 - 14:14

      what about the people that don't know about the 112 number? what happens when they dial 000?

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        GreenGuava on 31/01/2018 - 01:08

        +1

        Apologies, I fact-checked myself and it appears that most modern mobile phones (post-2002) will be able to recognise 000 and roam on any available network in the same manner as 112 as described in my original comment.

        So, in an emergency situation you should still use 000 first in all instances, with 112 being a secondary emergency number for mobile phones only.

        https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/calling-the-emergency-call-s…

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  DarthAntz on 30/01/2018 - 12:52

  Does Gaythorne cinema still have specials worth posting on here? How is the foodcourt at brookside these days?

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    havebeerbelywillsumo on 30/01/2018 - 13:41

    +1

    Sadly Gaythorne cinema, one of the last of the cheapie Bris (science fiction) double feature theatres expired some 5 years ago wo-o-o-oooe

    RIP Toowong, Paddington, Avalon, Chermside Dawn and other canvas seat heavens that my failing brain can no longer remember. So much character (and value) lost to the preference for soulless, gouging concrete ticky tacky tiny boxes.

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      DarthAntz on 30/01/2018 - 14:07

      +1

      i remember when they paired toy story with seven as a double feature movie. and memories of having someone fill my popcorn while smoking a durry at the same time. the suburb has lost all its character. I think i got downvoted for mentioning the foodcourt at brookside.

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        havebeerbelywillsumo on 30/01/2018 - 14:16

        +1

        That's a corker double for the conflicted LOL………as long as TS was first and you get the kids to drop off at inteval it IS a brilliant family outing though LOL.

        For the memories alone your cinema mention deserves UP not downvoting so I've wiped that misbegiven neg, maybe it was from a multiplex masochist.