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LTE works quite well at range, and with 800mhz the range can be quite long. Shame no VoLTE yet for phone calls.
Only the Field Test mode tells you the cell site ID number, but none of the apps show you the location. I've tried one on Android and it points in completely the wrong direction for the local cell site, so its not reliable either. |
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I had voda 4G 800 signal from 15 miles away (Whitstable to a cell in Rainham) I use network signal info which shows cell ids. There probably is a live site or two which hasn't been put on the map yet but yes range on 800 is impressive
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I had voda 4G 800 signal from 15 miles away (Whitstable to a cell in Rainham) I use network signal info which shows cell ids. There probably is a live site or two which hasn't been put on the map yet but yes range on 800 is impressive
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True you used to be able to make a call back in the day on analogue etacs outside eastenders beer place in calais 20+miles from the Dover cell
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Not really sure why this is surprising it's about the same range as 2G 900MHz and it's always been the case that 2G on Vodafone and O2 was brilliant for range and indoor coverage.
But thanks to 700mhz, O2 and Voda had 4G indoors. Sadly I don't have a Voda 4G enabled SIM to test if it was usable. |
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Just about to upgrade my phone again with vodafone. Had considered a 4g plan but as the 3g is hit and miss to say the least Ive decided against forking out for something Im unlikely to ever get the use of.
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I had voda 4G 800 signal from 15 miles away (Whitstable to a cell in Rainham) I use network signal info which shows cell ids. There probably is a live site or two which hasn't been put on the map yet but yes range on 800 is impressive
More on topic, O2's 4G signal has improved massively in the Derby area where I work in the last couple of months. Decent speeds but they're still doing work on masts in the area. Still a few miles off where I live in Lichfield though currently. |
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Slightly off topic but how did you get that app to show what frequency you were connected to? I've installed the free version of it and it's not showing that info.
More on topic, O2's 4G signal has improved massively in the Derby area where I work in the last couple of months. Decent speeds but they're still doing work on masts in the area. Still a few miles off where I live in Lichfield though currently. Tbh, apps like those can be quote inaccurate at times so I wouldnt trust them 100%. (Voda have 2600 as well but likely not deployed in the area the op lives) |
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Just about to upgrade my phone again with vodafone. Had considered a 4g plan but as the 3g is hit and miss to say the least Ive decided against forking out for something Im unlikely to ever get the use of.
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Been using Vodafone 4G sim the last few days as my EE phone was nicked. Not impressed, even though the local transmitter is far closer than EE's I only get Edge in my house where as I get 2 Bars, 30Mbps 4G on EE. When on Vodafone 4G I'm only seeing 8-10 down and a few up. So EE 3G speeds... Seems to be the same deal elsewhere in London & Edinburgh.. Yes I get occasional 20+ speeds but rarely and let's not talk about the 3G coverage when you leave the cities. Vodafone REALLY need to pull their finger out. Strangely in Edinburgh O2 & Vodafone don't seem that well integrated at each site, especially with 4G.
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Are you saying you are commonly seeing Edge in London on Vodafone or slower speeds than expected?
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To be fair, EDGE is picked up in London more than you'd think...
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EDGE on Vodafone is slower than GPRS lol
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So Vodafone's closer, 800mhz transmitter gives no 4G but an EE transmitter on a much higher frequency, further away, does?
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To be fair, EDGE is picked up in London more than you'd think...
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There are a load of basement-level restaurants in London where only EDGE is available. I thought more 900MHz 3G would have been rolled out but I guess not.
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So Vodafone's closer, 800mhz transmitter gives no 4G but an EE transmitter on a much higher frequency, further away, does?
EE, presumably from the same transmitter but perhaps a bit higher or lower, seems to favour 4G almost all the time. O2 can offer reasonable 4G speeds and according to the maps, I'm covered all over by good indoor coverage. However, it seems to favour 2G over 3G and 4G. I might be on 4G for a while, but once it drops to 2G it NEVER goes back! I'm currently without a Vodafone 4G SIM card to see how that might have changed, but when I last had one - it was just like O2. Good 4G but then 2G and stuck on EDGE or even GPRS. |
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When i was last inn London i ran about half a dozen speed tests on vodafone 4g in different areas.
All were well over 30mb dl highest was just over 60mb |
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O2 can offer reasonable 4G speeds and according to the maps, I'm covered all over by good indoor coverage. However, it seems to favour 2G over 3G and 4G. I might be on 4G for a while, but once it drops to 2G it NEVER goes back!
I'm currently without a Vodafone 4G SIM card to see how that might have changed, but when I last had one - it was just like O2. Good 4G but then 2G and stuck on EDGE or even GPRS. |
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So Vodafone's closer, 800mhz transmitter gives no 4G but an EE transmitter on a much higher frequency, further away, does?
To make matters a little more bizarre, there is a Voda/O2 4G mast operating on that same tower as EE.. Edge is seen quite often in London.. Far more often than one would think and expect. That's not to say 4G coverage is poor, it isn't within M25. |
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O2 can offer reasonable 4G speeds and according to the maps, I'm covered all over by good indoor coverage. However, it seems to favour 2G over 3G and 4G. I might be on 4G for a while, but once it drops to 2G it NEVER goes back!
(e.g. outdoors near the mast!). |
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Yup, although the EE mast is a proper 30m high multi site and the Voda site is basically a lamp post job (13m). EE mast is 1.5 miles away and Voda mast is 0.5...
To make matters a little more bizarre, there is a Voda/O2 4G mast operating on that same tower as EE.. Edge is seen quite often in London.. Far more often than one would think and expect. That's not to say 4G coverage is poor, it isn't within M25. |
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I live in the sticks and recently switched to O2 from EE, On EE I used to get 4G 80% of the time, I've yet to see O2 4G but not only that, H+ speed on O2 is 2mb at best, on EE it was 12mb+
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I live in the sticks and recently switched to O2 from EE, On EE I used to get 4G 80% of the time, I've yet to see O2 4G but not only that, H+ speed on O2 is 2mb at best, on EE it was 12mb+
Presumably you didn't get a free SIM from O2 before you switched to test the network? |
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I live in the sticks and recently switched to O2 from EE, On EE I used to get 4G 80% of the time, I've yet to see O2 4G but not only that, H+ speed on O2 is 2mb at best, on EE it was 12mb+
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