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  • Jack_Wilson2Jack_Wilson2 Posts: 2,135
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    FmBandScan wrote: »
    I was in Hull for the day and speeds were crap all over, glad I don't have to go there daily!

    Clearly didn't check my area ;) you'd of hit 23-31meg
  • ConnorL9382ConnorL9382 Posts: 112
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    jabbamk1 wrote: »
    What the hell did Three do to their website?

    What the heck is that! It looks terrible and isn't even user friendly.

    The menu bar changes width on each page, agh!

    Home page: http://imgur.com/Rm3ImYi

    Store page: http://imgur.com/Rm3ImYi
  • keithstokeithsto Posts: 125
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    The coverage checker is saying 3 4g is coming to my home in three months. Maybe they will do 800mhz at the same time (and upgrade the slow 3g) yey!
  • jabbamk1jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942
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    It's terrible. They should look into a re design asap.
    keithsto wrote: »
    The coverage checker is saying 3 4g is coming to my home in three months. Maybe they will do 800mhz at the same time (and upgrade the slow 3g) yey!

    Maybe. But we won't see 800Mhz in any areas until the end of the year/start of 2015.
  • gardensleepergardensleeper Posts: 1,884
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    Ben_Fisher wrote: »
    Hull is getting 4g soon.

    You'd hope so. I work in Hull quite regularly and have noticed speeds in parts of the city centre and university areas steadily decline over the last couple of years. There are even parts of the centre without DC.

    Hull was one of the first cities EE did. I can only guess the delay might be down to backhaul issues.

    For the uninitiated, Hull has its own Teleco, Kingston Communications, little or no BT or Virgin fibre as far as I know.

    Perhaps KC are holding out for too much cash? I've no idea, that past point is just wild speculation!

    Interestingly the fixed telecoms monopoly in Hull has lead to one of the highest uptakes of mobile broadband per capita, putting further strain on the mobile networks.

    It's not all bad though,KC is *only* doing FTTP for residential fibre connections, with many enjoying 100mb+ - some up to 250. Anyway I digress.....
  • enapaceenapace Posts: 4,303
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    I still think it is bad 9 months after launch that Manchester still isn't properly covered and is very patchy in places. Vodafone had it solidly covered when they turned on Manchester.
  • Zee_BukhariZee_Bukhari Posts: 1,335
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    Three coverage checker said maintenance would happen in my postcode on 3rd September, checked again today for any update and there is no maintenance planned now. Was hoping for a 4G update.
  • Zee_BukhariZee_Bukhari Posts: 1,335
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    Three coverage checker said maintenance would happen in my postcode on 3rd September, checked again today for any update and there is no maintenance planned now. Was hoping for a 4G update.

    Although the three coverage checker no longer says anything about maintenance on the mast, it still says there will be according to roadworks.org. I don't think its any kind of 4G upgrade though, likely just a 3G boost.
  • The Lord LucanThe Lord Lucan Posts: 5,054
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    Where?
  • Zee_BukhariZee_Bukhari Posts: 1,335
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    Where?

    Edgware, NW London
  • clubfoot fcclubfoot fc Posts: 254
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    FmBandScan wrote: »
    I was in Hull for the day and speeds were crap all over, glad I don't have to go there daily!

    At work and home in hull I regularly get over 20mb its far from crap.

    Bearing in mind most broadband in hull is less 8mb, three's data coverage is already excellent and will only get better with 4g
  • Ben_FisherBen_Fisher Posts: 837
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    When does the coverage checker usually update?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 81
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    omg three are annoying me now, i just checked the coverage checker for an update on 4G and its gone from coming to your area within 3 months to no availablity, has this happened to anybody else ? grr
  • Ben_FisherBen_Fisher Posts: 837
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    omg three are annoying me now, i just checked the coverage checker for an update on 4G and its gone from coming to your area within 3 months to no availablity, has this happened to anybody else ? grr

    My area today has squares missing and also it's lit up saying I get DC-HSPA (which I do); but it says not available.

    Shouldn't every location have within 3 months (That was on the list).
  • GigabitGigabit Posts: 8,768
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    I notice Farnham has been taken off the 4G list.
  • Ben_FisherBen_Fisher Posts: 837
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    When did they take that off? Must be knocking some of they know they have no chance of hitting.
  • jabbamk1jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942
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    Gigabit wrote: »
    I notice Farnham has been taken off the 4G list.

    Farnham was never on the list.

    Here is the original list published in February 2014
    It's the same as the one currently published today.
    Aberdeen
    Aberystwyth
    Abingdon
    Accrington
    Adwick Le Street
    Aldershot
    Alfreton
    Alloa
    Alnwick
    Alsager
    Alton
    Altrincham
    Andover
    Annfield Plain
    Antrim
    Arbroath
    Ashby-de-la-Zouch
    Ashford
    Ashington
    Atherton
    Aylesbury
    Ayr
    Ballymena
    Banbury
    Barnoldswick
    Barnsley
    Barnstaple
    Barrhead
    Barrow-in-Furness
    Barry
    Basildon
    Basingstoke
    Bath
    Batley
    Beaconsfield
    Bebington
    Bedford
    Bedlington
    Bedworth
    Belfast
    Bentley
    Beverley
    Bexhill
    Bicester
    Bideford
    Billericay
    Billingham
    Billingshurst
    Bingley
    Birkenhead
    Birmingham
    Birtley
    Bishop Auckland
    Bishop’s Stortford
    Blackburn
    Blackpool
    Blaydon
    Blyth
    Bodmin
    Bognor Regis
    Bolton
    Bordon
    Boston
    Bournemouth
    Bracknell
    Bradford
    Braintree
    Brandon
    Brentwood
    Bridgend/Pen-Y-Bont Ar Ogwr
    Bridgwater
    Bridlington
    Brierfield
    Brighton
    Bristol
    Broadstairs
    Brownhills
    Burnham-On-Sea
    Burnley
    Burton upon Trent
    Bury
    Bury St Edmunds
    Caerphilly
    Calne
    Camberley
    Camborne
    Cambridge
    Cannock
    Canterbury
    Canvey Island
    Cardiff
    Carlisle
    Carmarthen/Caerfyrddin
    Carterton
    Castleford
    Caterham
    Chatham
    Chelmsford
    Cheltenham
    Chepstow/Cas-Gwent
    Chesham
    Cheshunt
    Chester
    Chesterfield
    Chester-Le-Street
    Chippenham
    Chorley
    Christchurch
    Clacton-On-Sea
    Cleckheaton
    Clydebank
    Coatbridge
    Colchester
    Coleraine
    Colwyn Bay
    Congleton
    Conisbrough
    Connah’s Quay
    Consett
    Corby
    Coventry
    Cramlington
    Crawley
    Crewe
    Cromer
    Crosby
    Crowborough
    Cumbernauld
    Cwmbran
    Dalkeith
    Darlington
    Dartford
    Dartmouth
    Darwen
    Daventry
    Deal
    Derby
    Devizes
    Dewsbury
    Doncaster
    Dover
    Downham Market
    Droitwich Spa
    Dronfield
    Dudley
    Dumfries
    Dundee
    Dunfermline
    Dunoon
    Dunstable
    Durham
    East Kilbride
    Eastbourne
    Eastleigh
    Eastwood
    Ebbw Vale
    Edinburgh
    Egham
    Elgin
    Ellesmere Port
    Ely
    Emsworth
    Evesham
    Exeter
    Exmouth
    Falkirk
    Falmouth
    Fareham
    Farnborough
    Felixstowe
    Fleet
    Fleetwood
    Folkestone
    Fraserburgh
    Frimley
    Frome
    Gainsborough
    Gateshead
    Gatley
    Gillingham
    Glasgow
    Glenrothes
    Gloucester
    Goole
    Gosport
    Gourock
    Grantham
    Gravesend
    Grays
    Great Malvern
    Great Yarmouth
    Greenock
    Grimsby
    Guildford
    Hailsham
    Halifax
    Halstead
    Hamilton
    Harlow
    Harrogate
    Hartlepool
    Harwich
    Hastings
    Hatfield
    Havant
    Haverfordwest/Hwlffordd
    Haverhill
    Hawick
    Haywards Heath
    Heanor
    Hebburn
    Hemel Hempstead
    Hereford
    Herne Bay
    Hertford
    Hessle
    Heswall
    Hetton-Le-Hole
    High Wycombe
    Hinckley
    Hitchin
    Hoddesdon
    Holmfirth
    Horndean
    Horsham
    Hoyland
    Hucknall
    Huddersfield
    Hungerford
    Huntingdon
    Huyton-With-Roby
    Ilkeston
    Inverness
    Ipswich
    Irlam
    Jarrow
    Keighley
    Kempston
    Kettering
    Kidderminster
    Kilmarnock
    Kilwinning
    King’s Lynn
    Kingston Upon Hull
    Kingswood
    Kirkby
    Kirkby In Ashfield
    Kirkcaldy
    Kirkintilloch
    Lancaster
    Leeds
    Leicester
    Leigh
    Leighton Buzzard
    Letchworth Garden City
    Lewes
    Leyland
    Lichfield
    Lincoln
    Lisburn
    Little Lever
    Littleborough
    Littlehampton
    Liverpool
    Livingston
    Llanelli
    London
    Long Eaton
    Longbenton
    Loughborough
    Loughton
    Lowestoft
    Lurgan
    Luton
    Macclesfield
    Maesteg
    Maidenhead
    Maidstone
    Manchester
    Mansfield
    March
    Margate
    Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful
    Mexborough
    Middlesbrough
    Milngavie
    Milton Keynes
    Mirfield
    Morecambe
    Morley
    Morpeth
    Motherwell
    Nairn
    Neath/Castell-Nedd
    Nelson
    Newark-On-Trent
    Newbury
    Newcastle Upon Tyne
    Newmarket
    Newport, Shropshire
    Newport, Isle of Wight
    Newquay
    Newton Abbot
    Newton Aycliffe
    Newton-Le-Willows
    North Walsham
    Northampton
    Northfleet
    Northwich
    Norwich
    Nottingham
    Nuneaton
    Oldham
    Orrell
    Oswaldtwistle
    Oswestry
    Oxford
    Paignton
    Penarth
    Penzance
    Perth
    Peterborough
    Peterhead
    Peterlee
    Plymouth
    Pontefract
    Pontypool
    Pontypridd
    Poole
    Port Glasgow
    Port Talbot
    Porthcawl
    Portsmouth
    Prescot
    Prestatyn
    Preston
    Prestwich
    Prestwick
    Radcliffe
    Ramsbottom
    Ramsgate
    Rayleigh
    Reading
    Redcar
    Redditch
    Redhill
    Reigate
    Retford
    Rhyl
    Ripon
    Risca
    Rochdale
    Rochester
    Ross-On-Wye
    Rotherham
    Rothwell 1
    Royal Leamington Spa
    Royal Tunbridge Wells
    Rugby
    Runcorn
    Rushden
    Ryde
    Ryton
    Saffron Walden
    Sale
    Salisbury
    Scarborough
    Scunthorpe
    Seaford
    Seaham
    Sevenoaks
    Sheffield
    Shirebrook
    Shoreham-By-Sea
    Shrewsbury
    Sittingbourne
    Skegness
    Skelmersdale
    Sleaford
    Slough
    South Shields
    Southampton
    Southend On Sea
    Southport
    Spalding
    St Albans
    St Austell
    St Helens
    St Ives
    St Neots
    Stafford
    Stamford
    Stanley
    Stapleford
    Stevenage
    Stirling
    Stockport
    Stockton-On-Tees
    Stoke On Trent
    Stone
    Stourport-On-Severn
    Stowmarket
    Stratford-upon-Avon
    Stroud
    Sunderland
    Sutton Coldfield
    Sutton In Ashfield
    Swadlincote
    Swanscombe
    Swansea
    Swindon
    Syston
    Tamworth
    Taunton
    Teignmouth
    Telford
    Thetford
    Tilbury
    Tiverton
    Tonbridge
    Torquay
    Totnes
    Totton
    Trowbridge
    Truro
    Tyldesley
    Tynemouth
    Uckfield
    Wakefield
    Walkden
    Wallasey
    Wallsend
    Walsall
    Waltham Abbey
    Warrington
    Warwick
    Washington
    Wellingborough
    Welwyn Garden City
    West Bromwich
    Weston-Super-Mare
    Weymouth
    Whickham
    Whitefield
    Whitehaven
    Whitley Bay
    Whitnash
    Whitstable
    Wickford
    Widnes
    Wigan
    Winchester
    Windsor
    Winsford
    Wishaw
    Witham
    Woking
    Wokingham
    Wolverhampton
    Worcester
    Workington
    Worksop
    Worthing
    Wrexham/Wrecsam
  • GigabitGigabit Posts: 8,768
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    Bentley isn't a town, it's a village!
  • mupet0000mupet0000 Posts: 629
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    The 4G coverage checker is broken, that's why you see blocks missing and places going from coverage to no coverage. The real life coverage has not changed.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 81
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    how do you know this mupet ?
  • jabbamk1jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942
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    how do you know this mupet ?

    Because massive blocks of coverage are missing or not showing when zoomed at certain levels.

    And don't call him a Muppet. He's a human being like everyone else. :p
  • roadshow2006roadshow2006 Posts: 1,768
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    Had 4G in Norwich City Centre for the first time today :)
  • ktla5ktla5 Posts: 1,683
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    Not so 'free' anymore as those upgrading phones recently have found out to their cost!
    moral...keep your current phone and buy a new phone 'outright' !
  • Ben_FisherBen_Fisher Posts: 837
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    ktla5 wrote: »
    Not so 'free' anymore as those upgrading phones recently have found out to their cost!
    moral...keep your current phone and buy a new phone 'outright' !

    Can you explain a bit more?

    I got a HTC One X on contract for 30pm, free phone and on the one plan.

    Then I bought a Nexus 5 outright and transitioned to a 15pm one plan.
  • Zee_BukhariZee_Bukhari Posts: 1,335
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    so the maintenance carried out on the mbnl mast next to mu house wasn't much, they were there doing something but no improved 3G coverage or any 4G coverage broadcasting from it.

    The speeds seem to have dropped too, was on the bridge near the mast and got around 4Mbps when usually at this time can get as close to 28Mbps.

    Maybe some more improvements in the future.
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