I have a plan for Internet access through wifi (pocketwifi R216h) which has never been perfect but connection is cut annoyingly every few minutes and takes about one minute to come back. This is under a Vodafone plan in Kalgoorlie, WA, a company reported by others to be trying to survive at the limit of its ability, it has been going on for at least one month.I'd like to get something more reliable and I am thinking of trying optus who seem to have a $25,00/month Plan that would suit me (internet and email only).
Internet in general is not a success in Australia, has anyone a few advises how to proceede as I wonder if all wifi services whoud result in a similar problem.

I have an old telephone socket in the kitchen which I could use if putting a dongle in it solved the problem since the equipment is in an other room, but I do not want a line phone

Any hint welcome.

Thank you for your help

One quick thought: is there anything in your vicinity that might turn on every few minutes and run for about a minute? Heating, cooling, water pumps perhaps? I have seen powered mechanical devices, and even a CLF device with a faulty starter, shed enough EMF in the right band to block WIFI signals.

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Even something as simple as a microwave will interfere with the wifi. But you need to be more precise as to what is dropping out; is the wifi dropping, or are you losing the signal from Vodafone to the dongle itself ?. Being out in the donga, getting a good alignment to a [34]G tower might be your issue. Wander into town and see if the issue persists. I recently had to use an Optus dongle in a holiday home on the coast - worked ok, if a bit slow; that would depend on the plan.

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