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Pete Manwaring

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
114 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

But there's a couple of faults, particularly the one you just mentioned, where...

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

where it's damaged and we can't tell remotely if it's faulty.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

So yeah, 100% we support people either calling in on our payphone fault number or as you said, maybe through the game.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

But as far as I know, I don't think we've got any reports from Vax around that.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

So I might have to follow that up.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

Yeah, 100%.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

We have out of our fleet of just shy of 14,000, we've now โ€“

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

migrated about 8,000 to using the 4G backhaul or Starlink backhaul in remote areas where there's no 4G.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

And so that's an ongoing program at work where we're slowly migrating them off copper onto, which obviously with the copper shutdown, we have to do that.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

But the benefit of that is like, you know, we're about to kick off a program to upgrade about 1,500 of our Wi-Fi pay phones, which are running on ADSL.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

Now, you know, I'm sure you especially would understand that.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

It's a pretty poor quality service, but we're about to invest heavily and put 4G back all on new Wi-Fi on those sites so they'll get much better speeds.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

But I guess to that point, the Wi-Fi on the payphones is never meant to be

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

for people like you and I. It truly is designed for the vulnerable and the disadvantaged.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

So, you know, it's about them accessing those government services which are increasingly being shifted onto digital-only, you know, access.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

And so giving them those opportunities is pretty key.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

Yeah.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

Oh, it's hard to justify.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

for the network, not all of it, but it's a good contribution.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
EFTM: Why do we need Payphones? And how good is Pocket AI?

And that's on the voice network only.