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4g or not 4g?
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I am doing a bit of research in to views of the new 4g service.
What are your thoughts - 4g or not 4g? Is it worth the extra price?
In order to help you decide, you can read my first article about the service here: 4g or not 4g
I look forward to hearing from you
What are your thoughts - 4g or not 4g? Is it worth the extra price?
In order to help you decide, you can read my first article about the service here: 4g or not 4g
I look forward to hearing from you
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I don't even have LTE enabled on my phone!
*for 6 months
Plus you already pay "Standard price" with vodafone so you're getting ripped off each month anyway even without 4G.
A few things.
4G isn't replacing 3G any time soon. A better phrase might be "that will eventually replace 3G"
Since users are regularly seeing 3G speeds of 20-30Mbps (with DC-HSDPA), I think 1-2Mbps is a bit low. I did a test tonight (EE 3G) and got 18.5Mbps. Rarely is it below 8Mbps.
What we have now is not "proper" 4G anyway. It's LTE (long term evolution) and in fact can do (or rather will be able to do) up to 300Mbps.
The 100Mbps moving and 1Gbps stationary you talk of is in fact LTE-A (LTE Advanced). We don;t have this yet although some networks are testing it.
Other than that, the article is fine!
Unlimited data 3G and 4G beats limited 4G in my opinion
I agree - data limits are a big deal - what would be the point of having super fast 4g with a low data limit?!
How long do you think before 4g rolls out to the MVNOs?
4G gives me internet in the office where I used to only get 2G, this is good reason to pay more. (I use about 1.5GB a month on either 3G or 4G).
End of this year for a few.
Q1 2014 at the latest.
You see? You see? I said it. I said it didn't I?
Coverage! That's what it's all about.
why do you keep saying that. Its for the full term of the contract on all but the bottom tariff.
and i have no requirement for unlimited data, but i do have a requirement for coverage, something your beloved 3 don't provide at home or work for me.
Just a single bar signal for a voice call would be nice TBH
Even if we did and my phone could cope, I would not pay the extra and before they think about 4G, maybe they should sort out 3G first.
Because i'm a bargain hunter and can't hack it when you said in a different thread how much you were paying and how much of a good deal you got.
I agree, they need to sort out the 3G service first, however what effect will people moving onto the 4g networks have on the 3G spectrum? Will there be more bandwidth on 3G? And therefore more availability of the service?
It will lessen the data load so congestion in areas should decrease. Perhaps also see some of the networks like Vodafone or EE refarm 2x5MHz of spectrum for 4G as well.
Vodafone? Doubt it.
Why not there main 3G spectrum will be 900MHz and they have a fair bit of 2100MHz so can certainly see them wanting refarm in future. They and three were the ones who asked ofcom to allow them to do that.
Voda have no need to use 900 right now.
Wasn't saying there was a need I just meant it was a possibility in the future doubt it will happen soon though.
Agreed it won't happen for a while but I think congestion is one of the reasons that three is offering free 4G as it should certainly lower congestion in 4G areas.