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"BBC to survey UK mobile coverage" results
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Ryan S
24-08-2011
The map is hopeless. Outside my house I can pick up a 3g signal for 3, Orange, o2 and vodafone, but if you were to believe the map you would think that I was a few hundred yards away from any kind of signal.

You can't read anything into these results when the numbers are as low as they have been.
_ben
24-08-2011
Originally Posted by beecart:
“What about 3g 900 ? What do you think about this”

What should really happen is the existing 900MHz and soon to be released 800MHz bands which have longer range should be used to provide 4G coverage out in the sticks, and the existing 1800 and 2100MHz bands and the soon to be released 2600MHz band which have more capacity should be used to provide 4G coverage in cities. The situation we have at the moment where O2/vodafone own all of the 900MHz band and Orange/T-Mobile own all of the 1800MHz band is unsustainable (in my opinion). Also Three are mightily pissed off that they paid a fortune for 2100MHz on the understanding it was the only place where 3G was allowed, only to find that it's now being allowed on 900MHz.

Originally Posted by Ryan S:
“The map is hopeless. Outside my house I can pick up a 3g signal for 3, Orange, o2 and vodafone, but if you were to believe the map you would think that I was a few hundred yards away from any kind of signal.”

Are you sure you're not confusing no signal (black) with no information (white)?
ih8mondays
24-08-2011
Not very good here either - shows 3G signals for vodafone, yet whilst I can get a full 3G or HDSPA signal in doors, I can't actually use it to surf the internet, and haven't for the past 2-3 weeks...
Glawster2002
25-08-2011
Originally Posted by prking:
“Two things stick out for me.

The obvious fact that very few people took part, giving strange skews to the results.

That those networks that commented welcomed the results as a basis for further exploration, whilst pointing out that the world had moved on from using geographical coverage as a measure. Nowadays factors like speed and how often the connection falters are more important.”

But then if the geographic coverage isn't there in the first place then factors like speed and how often the connection falters are entirely irrelevant....

The network operators might no longer consider geographical coverage as important but the large number of people living in areas where 2G coverage is, at best, patchy, would disagree entirely.
CoolboyA
25-08-2011
This is an OK indication of the state of things, but other than that it's of no real use. The map is full of holes and the fact that it is consumer driven is it's main flaw.

Some phones get better reception than other, and vice versa.
Martin Phillp
25-08-2011
Another one for the map claiming I have no 3G, yet I'm sitting here posting this message using 3 with 5 bars HSPA.
TelevisionUser
25-08-2011
Despite some criticism above, I think this survey was worth doing because it does point out areas that still do not receive full 3G coverage though it could be safely predicted that urban centres and suburbs would be likely to get better coverage than rural areas. That said, I hope that the issue of some of the "not spots" can be addressed.
unklesam
25-08-2011
Originally Posted by Martin Phillp:
“Another one for the map claiming I have no 3G, yet I'm sitting here posting this message using 3 with 5 bars HSPA.”

Better than being the opposite way around
tealady
25-08-2011
Originally Posted by Martin Phillp:
“Another one for the map claiming I have no 3G, yet I'm sitting here posting this message using 3 with 5 bars HSPA.”

Obviously, they saw the results and have improved the coverage subsequently!

Or the data was for one phone that did not get a good signal for a few minutes on a particular day.
beecart
26-08-2011
Lets hope that the network operators take all the info on board however from what I understand only 2% of the UK landmass has actually been surveyed?
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