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danielmeah
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Was wondering this morning about what speeds they will offer. could not find the info anywhere.
So I took to my speed test servers and I have found the info!.
Pretty impressive
Looks like they where done in Slough
http://i.imgur.com/fgD0iX2.png
So I took to my speed test servers and I have found the info!.
Pretty impressive
Looks like they where done in Slough
http://i.imgur.com/fgD0iX2.png
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As you said, this is near Slough where they are based but now that their coverage map shows 4G, although they are saying 3 cities (or for Vodafone just 1) it would seem that their definition of the city is quite wide. If this was EE then they would be claiming more towns and cities e.g EE (correctly I would say) has Slough listed as separate to London in their number of towns and cities total.
In fairness that may be due to 800MHz and they have said they were doing blanket coverage.
Nice speeds to start off with.
O2 - averaging 45Mbps download & 15Mbps upload
Voda - averaging 10Mbps download & 2.5Mbps upload - some reporting speeds of only 8Mbps download and only 1 bar of signal wherever you are in London.
Have Voda rushed the rollout to launch the same date as O2 I wonder?
When EE launched they were getting 30-35 mostly. Interesting that O2 showing over 40 considering the lower (slower) frequency.
Vodafone probably just a glitch. I hope to god it's not their 4G network mimicking the shambles that is their 2&3G networks at the moment!
Not sure its really possible to run 4G over outdated 90s kit!
It will be interesting to watch O2. They have a large chunk of 800 spectrum and if they roll out blanket, they could well end up with the best coverage by far.
EE will need to make sure the 1800 is as dense as possible and then fill the gaps with 800 to compete (on coverage at least).
@Devon- bear in mind there is only like 2 people using O2 4G right now. (well you know what i mean) People on EE were getting 60mbps+ at the start of the their roll out.
This is true, I just added a bit to the end of my last post. You beat me to it!
It'll be interesting to see how Three are since they will have over 1 million 4G customers at launch.
Its a bit like new road that has just opened and only a few cars know its opened and are able to use it. No congestion and fast speeds can be achieved.
Please note that O2 have the least amount of dedicated 4G spectrum out of all the networks 2 X 10MHz at 800MHz.
Anyone who is testing O2 4G can you report if they are still using Image Compression?
1.5m customers as of Jan 2014.
I'm guessing they still are. Gotta make that 100mb 4G allowance.... i mean 2GB allowance last some how
If I remember right if we going go completely factual
Three have the least at moment 2 x 5 MHz of 800MHz [2x10MHz of 1800MHz by end of next month and further 2x5MHz in Q4 2015].
O2 is 2x10MHz of 800MHz
Vodafone is 2x10MHz of 800MHz, 2x20MHz of 2600MHz and 1x25MHz of unpaired 2600MHz.
EE is 2x5MHz of 800MHz, 2x45MHz of 1800MHz [2x20MHz in use] and 2x35MHz of 2600MHz.
Pretty sure that is right.
Yeah that's about right I think.
Since we know that 2x10 can do up to 60Mbps uncongested but around 25-40Mbps on a moderately loaded cell, does that mean EEs 2x5 would max out at around 30Mbps but generally do about 10-15Mbps?
Meaning that Three will have a faster 800 network than EE?
Interesting point I hadn't considered that I think on 2x5MHz 800MHz we likely going get same but perhaps bit more reliable speeds and lower ping than we do on 2100MHz at moment. Just the benefit of having far greater range and indoor coverage. Probably EE will be faster than Three as Three are going have a lot of more customers on 4G at start.
What time was 4G turned on? I assumed it was going to be tonight.
I can find no mention of this on the O2 website anywhere?
8PM i think
http://www.o2.co.uk/4g/launch-gigs
Just need to get some coverage where I am. Shouldn't be long as most of the cells in this area have been replaced/updated in the last few weeks!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23878111
Haha...
Devon: Not quite sure how you came to the conclusion that Three will have a faster 800 network than EE.. Three will actually have more phones active for LTE if they activate every sim as stated... Three's LTE equipped user base is larger than EE4G sign up... so in theory it would be more congested on Three's 800.
Not that it matters as both will only have 1800 LTE for a good while yet..
Add coverage into that and I don't think anyone is going to argue with you. If we use the history of the 3G years as a base.. There are only two real options!