Does any EDGE actually work?
Was in Morrisons in Totnes the other day with my cousin. She was trying to do some internet related thing and it wasn't working (I do keep telling her to go EE but she won't have it).
There was me with 3G and probably 10-15 meg and when I asked her what was at the top of the screen she said " it says Vodafone E".
Nothing was happening. To be fair this happens on EE as well.
Vod have EDGE'd all the mast down here but it doesn't seem to actually work.
Back in the day Orange (how fitting) wanted to replace the flagpole on the church with a flagpole mast (a proper flagpole as well, with a real flag and everything) and obviously pay the church for it.
What happened? Some "friends" of ours (when I was married) were incomers to the village and were altogether too Totnesy for my liking.
Bloody yoghurt weavers. Got a group together and got the mast blocked. Why? Because it would quite obviously fry their children's brains in the school nearby. Clueless Arses!!
The funny bit is they had a mobile (on Vod I think) that they would have to go outside and stand on one leg to get to work.
I tried to explain once that in fact the mobile handset pumping out it's maximum 1 watt of power right next to their brain was far more dangerous than the mast that would at a distance of perhaps 500 metres and putting out what, 40 watts (think 40 watt light bulb). By the time it got to them would be far to dispersed to do anything bad.
Plus their mobile would only need to put out a few milliwatts and would be far safer next to their head.
They quite obviously didn't get it and I just gave up. Some people are a waste of space!!
So, we still have no coverage in Stoke but I'm hoping the new not spot plan and the relaxing of regulations might mean we get a cell on the church.
Here is the church with regular flagpole.... https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.404788,-3.619742,3a,20.8y,199.61h,87.31t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sC3W7xG8_F27wua9R6PbvxA!2e0
This is the only mast that serves the valley I live in. It has O2, EE and 3 on it, no Vodafone (yet), they've never had any coverage here but their website says they will in the next three months. This view is from a bit far away, but you can't get a close view because of trees:
This is the only mast that serves the valley I live in. It has O2, EE and 3 on it, no Vodafone (yet), they've never had any coverage here but their website says they will in the next three months. This view is from a bit far away, but you can't get a close view because of trees:
Masts like these concrete towers look strange today because they were originally built in the late 1950s to carry large microwave links to support cold war military communications.
The microwave antennas (or 'horns') used at the time were considerably larger than today's small dishes, so they needed a significant structure to bear their weight.
These horns have now corroded to the point of being unsafe and have been removed from all the towers, including the BT tower in London, leaving the masts looking very bare.
I saw this at Keele services the other day hahahaha.
Not only is the odd shaped tower ugly, they've put a massive O2 logo on some canvas-like material!
I saw this at Keele services the other day hahahaha.
Not only is the odd shaped tower ugly, they've put a massive O2 logo on some canvas-like material!
I think those are some older civil contingency towers that were specially built in the cold war era near RGHQs and bunkers, if they are the structures I think they are, they should survive a nuclear strike over some distance away.
If it's the ones I'm thinking of there's a number of them throughout the UK. Where abouts is that one?
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Was in Morrisons in Totnes the other day with my cousin. She was trying to do some internet related thing and it wasn't working (I do keep telling her to go EE but she won't have it).
There was me with 3G and probably 10-15 meg and when I asked her what was at the top of the screen she said " it says Vodafone E".
Nothing was happening. To be fair this happens on EE as well.
Vod have EDGE'd all the mast down here but it doesn't seem to actually work.
http://www.prattfamily.demon.co.uk/mikep/photind.htm
Hahahaha
Joking...... joking.....
Thank you.
http://binged.it/1LzAqIV
What is it?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdown_BT_Tower
http://goo.gl/maps/3oszb
Nice! Don't mention flag pole mast to me.
It's a sticking point down here..
I'll elaborate shortly..
All networks... nothing!
William of Orange held the first English parliament in Parliament house here on the way to Stoke Gabriel from Totnes...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.424839,-3.639351,3a,90y,315.34h,66.53t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srLuJkFZicgjGSSVDO6oqPg!2e0
A close up of the stone... You can see "William price of Orange to have his first parliament"
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.424839,-3.639351,3a,15y,280.84h,63.34t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srLuJkFZicgjGSSVDO6oqPg!2e0
Back in the day Orange (how fitting) wanted to replace the flagpole on the church with a flagpole mast (a proper flagpole as well, with a real flag and everything) and obviously pay the church for it.
What happened? Some "friends" of ours (when I was married) were incomers to the village and were altogether too Totnesy for my liking.
Bloody yoghurt weavers. Got a group together and got the mast blocked. Why? Because it would quite obviously fry their children's brains in the school nearby. Clueless Arses!!
The funny bit is they had a mobile (on Vod I think) that they would have to go outside and stand on one leg to get to work.
I tried to explain once that in fact the mobile handset pumping out it's maximum 1 watt of power right next to their brain was far more dangerous than the mast that would at a distance of perhaps 500 metres and putting out what, 40 watts (think 40 watt light bulb). By the time it got to them would be far to dispersed to do anything bad.
Plus their mobile would only need to put out a few milliwatts and would be far safer next to their head.
They quite obviously didn't get it and I just gave up. Some people are a waste of space!!
So, we still have no coverage in Stoke but I'm hoping the new not spot plan and the relaxing of regulations might mean we get a cell on the church.
Here is the church with regular flagpole....
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.404788,-3.619742,3a,20.8y,199.61h,87.31t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sC3W7xG8_F27wua9R6PbvxA!2e0
Impressed with Wooden Mast. Haven't seen that variety before!
Next to the A64 near Stockton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire. Very crude attempt at disguising it as a tree.
http://postimg.org/image/62sk2c745/
https://goo.gl/maps/DeUtr
Masts like these concrete towers look strange today because they were originally built in the late 1950s to carry large microwave links to support cold war military communications.
The microwave antennas (or 'horns') used at the time were considerably larger than today's small dishes, so they needed a significant structure to bear their weight.
These horns have now corroded to the point of being unsafe and have been removed from all the towers, including the BT tower in London, leaving the masts looking very bare.
A few examples of how they used to look:
http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/img/HornAerial.jpg
http://www.lightstraw.co.uk/ate/main/postofficetower/hornaerials_320_3.jpg
And an interesting read for more background:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/features/backbone/
EE EDGE works as well as EE GPRS to be honest. If I get EE E then it tends to be a few seconds before 3G or 4G kicks in.
I've only seen Voda EDGE work in north east Scotland, everywhere else I assume so overloaded no data works - same as their GPRS.
https://goo.gl/maps/dM9Vi
Not only is the odd shaped tower ugly, they've put a massive O2 logo on some canvas-like material!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.993603,-2.286997,3a,75y,32.15h,93.65t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSZAVwu3XfP-sEsZjqENP5Q!2e0?hl=en
Oh wow!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7a786ovpb8kfqzg/DSCF4413.JPG?dl=0
I think those are some older civil contingency towers that were specially built in the cold war era near RGHQs and bunkers, if they are the structures I think they are, they should survive a nuclear strike over some distance away.
If it's the ones I'm thinking of there's a number of them throughout the UK. Where abouts is that one?
This is the next mast along from the Harbertonford Brockhills mast that was 4G'd the other day.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.390537,-3.715908,3a,75y,260.88h,88.08t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sgk6rbUVlc2ygDywmON0g1g!2e0
Could easily be either, you'd have to check the cabinets for any labelling.
I assume you're near here?
https://goo.gl/maps/nUVst