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Three's coverage checker upgraded
Its been upgraded and improved.
Its much clearer now. Also you can select the + button to see ultrafast areas too. http://www.three.co.uk/Support/Coverage |
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Its been upgraded and improved.
Its much clearer now. Also you can select the + button to see ultrafast areas too. http://www.three.co.uk/Support/Coverage |
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It also shows that 2G has largely been switched off... However it does show how quickly MBNL has improved 3G coverage!
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It also shows that 2G has largely been switched off... However it does show how quickly MBNL has improved 3G coverage!
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I was under that impression too. Should be in the very central areas like Holborn/Waterloo etc, but map plots say otherwise. Big chunks of nowt. I will chase that up.
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Interesting that there 3G network now covers 97% population. Big areas it seems to need coverage increasing is scotland and northwest england problem with that is obviously the terrain and doubt it could be done. But it's an impressive upgrade to there coverage checker compared to there old coverage checker brings it up to scratch with Vodafone/O2's checkers. I wonder what colour 4G will be when it goes live.
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Shame it still says: No coverage.
Our 3G network is not yet available in your location. But we're growing all the time, so it's worth checking again soon. |
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Ive noticed lately Threes coverage has improved massively in some of the areas I work in which is in some south east coastal towns. always struggled in some parts of Deal but this past couple of weeks I've had full signal strength.
Looking at the coverage checker I see alot of other areas I visit are now improved too. I do think they need to add an extra word of two to the key next to the explanation for white though ie No coverage (except when your wife if trying to call you) I don't know how, but I can have no signal most of the day in some areas, but low and behold the wife always seems to get through.
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One interesting thing is that if you search for a placename instead of a postcode, one of the possible descriptions that it returns is "Our 3G, Ultrafast, Ultrafast 4G network is available in the centre of xxx. For detailed results please enter a specific postcode".
Maybe Three are further down the 4G path than we all think? |
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Maybe Three are further down the 4G path than we all think?
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Clearly it is a coding mistake. The checker will have been updated to include 4G but seeing it says that 4G is available in Kirkwall, Orkney it is an error... maybe on purpose, maybe not
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Likely so but good to see something that actually says they are still going ahead with 4G in the future.
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So they will change the Ultrafast branding to 3G and 4G Ultrafast at some point. Interesting find!
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They will be going ahead with it. Just not for a good while and until the right tech is there.
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True it's better to be later to the show but get it right then jump and mess it up. Least most of there masts are upgraded/backhauled now [Just needing cabinets for vast amount of them] better position than EE were in when they launched 4G. Not sure how many of O2 and Vodafones 800MHz masts are working yet.
Yeah and Three can always use EE's cabinets if they need to (hence Dysons comments) obviously at extra cost and as a temp solution. |
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A few of the major english towns have work done & ongoing for o2/voda.
Yeah and Three can always use EE's cabinets if they need to (hence Dysons comments) obviously at extra cost and as a temp solution. Thanks for info about O2/Vodafone. Looks like they still on schedule to launch there 4G soonish. |
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Interesting - I'm in Cornwall and a lot of the (quite rural) cell sites appear to be "ultrafast" now. But not the one serving my house. Still, quite a change from a year ago where the likes of Plymouth barely had it.
It does say that there are planned works tomorrow, hopefully that is ultrafast upgrade work. |
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Obviously saying the 4G network is available in wherever is a mistake for now, but I would be surprised if they put any mention of 4G in the code unless they are planning on rolling it out in the near future. Of course, that roll out may just be larger places like London initially.
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Obviously saying the 4G network is available in wherever is a mistake for now, but I would be surprised if they put any mention of 4G in the code unless they are planning on rolling it out in the near future. Of course, that roll out may just be larger places like London initially.
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Shows that a lot of London isn't on ultrafast. I thought all of london's mast's were upgraded now.
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As three are providing 4g handsets now i'd be very suprised if 4g isn't launched within the next 6 months or so
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what phones are able to use the ultra fast network, i did look on their site but it doesnt seem to say
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what phones are able to use the ultra fast network, i did look on their site but it doesnt seem to say
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Wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see a launch until Dec or early 2014. Three will wait until it starts to eat into it's sales. Invent a better way to market it and do it that way. Then there is the issue of them wanting to wait off long enough for a future tech launch straight up.. jumping the 'competition' on features.
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Wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see a launch until Dec or early 2014. Three will wait until it starts to eat into it's sales. Invent a better way to market it and do it that way. Then there is the issue of them wanting to wait off long enough for a future tech launch straight up.. jumping the 'competition' on features.
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I don't know how, but I can have no signal most of the day in some areas, but low and behold the wife always seems to get through.
