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O/T State of mobile networks in the UK.



AmexRuislip

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Feb 2, 2014
33,727
Ruislip
An interesting insight to mobile networks in the UK.

Open Signal report October 2016.

https://opensignal.com/reports/2016...eport=2016/09/uk/state-of-the-mobile-network/

4G mobile networks in the UK are fast, but they're still hard to find.
Open signal has once again partnered with Which? to go examine 3G / 4G performance in the UK.
Over the summer we conducted over 500 million measurements on the networks of 3, EE, Vodaphone and O2, and we passed that data on the national and regional level.
Our test reveals that consumers are reaping benefits of fast 4G connections throughout the country, particularly as new technologies like LTE-Advanced take hold.
Apart from London, however, our uses had limited access to those fast speeds.
 












chairman

New member
Mar 5, 2009
97
lostwithiel cornwall
i am in the depths of rural cornwall and we are still using two baked beans tins and a piece of string' so 4G and sometimes 3Gsignals are in our dreams mostof the time
 


AmexRuislip

Trainee Spy 🕵️‍♂️
Feb 2, 2014
33,727
Ruislip
i am in the depths of rural cornwall and we are still using two baked beans tins and a piece of string' so 4G and sometimes 3Gsignals are in our dreams mostof the time

Has there been any government initiative to put better 4G coverage in your area?
 


MF'84

A load of Bolanos
Jul 26, 2012
301
Derbyshire
I've got a dual sim phone supplied by work so I don't have to carry about separate work and personal phones. Bearing in mind I live just over a mile from where I work, my EE 'work' sim has a great signal at home and a poor signal in the office and my Giffgaff 'personal' sim... yeah you guessed it... is useless at home but fine at work. It does my head in :lol:
 




Fungus

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
May 21, 2004
7,038
Truro
i am in the depths of rural cornwall and we are still using two baked beans tins and a piece of string' so 4G and sometimes 3Gsignals are in our dreams mostof the time

I get a decent signal at home on the top of a hill in Truro, but when we go out walking on the coastal paths, we're often without any signal at all, so can't even make an emergency call. Round the towns and villages it's very hit and miss.

Quite an eye-opener when we come to Sussex and have a signal pretty much everywhere.
 








happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
7,935
Eastbourne
I was involved in the launch of the worlds first digital mobile network back in 1993 so it looks like we may have slipped back against the rest of the world since

We may have slipped a bit (although I'm a bit sceptical that you can get 4G in 81% of Kazakhstan) but that's probably because of the way we initially provided the mobile network; in order to get cellsites up and running, a lot of the old TACS and 2G sites were provided over copper pairs (using compression they could squeeze around 90 calls down a 2 meg pipe).
Now that pretty much every cellsite is fed by fibre, upgrades are much easier.
 


beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,264
mobile coverage is another victim of nimbyism, we need to allow more cell towers but the locals dont want one. Gavin & Stacy sends up the situation perfectly, complaining they cant get a signal to call someone to meet at the protest against a new mast...

but also economics of it is challenging away from towns, because you might not be able to justify the cost of the tower, kit and running to cover a valley with a few hundred people. do we want to cross-subsidise? and towns have problems because building block signals.
 


mobile coverage is another victim of nimbyism, we need to allow more cell towers but the locals dont want one. Gavin & Stacy sends up the situation perfectly, complaining they cant get a signal to call someone to meet at the protest against a new mast...

but also economics of it is challenging away from towns, because you might not be able to justify the cost of the tower, kit and running to cover a valley with a few hundred people. do we want to cross-subsidise? and towns have problems because building block signals.

This with bells on - if you can get a signal.
 



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