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Old 10-04-2014, 19:59
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Was gonna generate one yesterday but their coverage checker was broken at the time...
PM me a link when you do
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Old 10-04-2014, 20:01
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Coverage checker has been updated on O2. 4G coverage in the Scottish central belt now extends most of the way between Edinburgh and Glasgow:
http://qasdfdsaq.com/images/coverage...scot-14-02.png
Seems to be overtaking EE now:
http://qasdfdsaq.com/images/coverage...scot-14-02.png

Also made a montage (excuse the crappy mspaint copy-paste job) of coverage since launch:
August '13-ish
September '13-ish
October '13-ish
November '13-ish
December '13-ish
January '14-ish
February '14-ish

Also 3G coverage has improved a little too:


August '13-ish
February '14-ish
Out of curiosity, how do you actually make these? That 3G coverage one must be time consuming.
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Old 11-04-2014, 11:01
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Out of curiosity, how do you actually make these? That 3G coverage one must be time consuming.
Is it not screenshots taken from the O2 coverage map and then stitched together to make a larger image?
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Old 11-04-2014, 11:19
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Is it not screenshots taken from the O2 coverage map and then stitched together to make a larger image?
Done that way it would take ages!
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Old 11-04-2014, 11:19
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Is it not screenshots taken from the O2 coverage map and then stitched together to make a larger image?
But the O2 map doesn't exactly let you zoom out. So the amount of time it takes must be....
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Old 11-04-2014, 11:38
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Done that way it would take ages!
But the O2 map doesn't exactly let you zoom out. So the amount of time it takes must be....
It would take some time but the colours of the map are the same to O2 so I'd say it was put together like this.
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Old 11-04-2014, 13:29
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PM me a link when you do
Thanks
Will do.

Is it not screenshots taken from the O2 coverage map and then stitched together to make a larger image?
No.

O2 still renders the 3G and 4G maps at the same (national) scales as the 2G map. You just have to figure out how to access them.
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Old 11-04-2014, 13:35
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You just have to figure out how to access them.
And you access them how?
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Old 11-04-2014, 17:19
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Has there been an ebola breakout in Bristol or something? I would have thought that would be one of the first batch of cities you would deploy 4G to.
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Old 11-04-2014, 17:28
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Has there been an ebola breakout in Bristol or something? I would have thought that would be one of the first batch of cities you would deploy 4G to.
Vodafone techies in Bristol are busy installing 3G at the moment.
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Old 10-06-2014, 20:17
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I've noticed a big improvement on O2's 4G in Glasgow with more masts now operating on 4G, previously I would typically have 2 bars on my commute now getting 4 (full bars) most of the way.
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Old 11-06-2014, 18:08
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Does anyone know when O2 will launch 4G in the Southampton/Portsmouth area?
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Old 13-06-2014, 17:02
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well the upgrade of the sites down there is well underway so i doubt it will be long vodafone have announced that 4G will be live in Southhampton, Bournemouth and Portsmouth over the summer
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Old 14-06-2014, 09:12
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As usual the South West is being neglected for 4G rollout, except if you're on EE of course. Their network is becoming saturated here so speeds are slowing down - sigh I really hate people sometimes...
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Old 14-06-2014, 09:40
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As usual the South West is being neglected for 4G rollout, except if you're on EE of course. Their network is becoming saturated here so speeds are slowing down - sigh I really hate people sometimes...
What's an average ee speed where you are? It would be funny after all the hype about 4g from all the networks, if after most people have 4g phones, 3g is quicker as no one is on it!
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Old 14-06-2014, 23:27
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well the upgrade of the sites down there is well underway so i doubt it will be long vodafone have announced that 4G will be live in Southhampton, Bournemouth and Portsmouth over the summer
Thanks for the info!
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Old 16-06-2014, 10:33
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Does anyone know when O2 will launch 4G in the Southampton/Portsmouth area?
Donno, but Vodafone are launching 4G in Portsmouth soon...

Weird how Winchester STILL isn't covered by EE 4G.
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Old 16-06-2014, 17:37
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Re Winchester Voda/o2 4G have approved/submitted plans for upgrades in the area
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Old 17-06-2014, 12:01
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I'd like to experience Vodafone 3G where i live, never mind 4G.

Vodafone called me a couple of weeks ago asking me to upgrade to a 4G account i simply told them there isn't any 3G and no plans for 4G here so i saw no point.

"Ah yes, you're area is due to upgraded by november!" He said, cheerily. I just laughed... "You guys said that last year as well... it didn't happen..." .. the call ended about then..
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Old 17-06-2014, 21:49
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Re Winchester Voda/o2 4G have approved/submitted plans for upgrades in the area
Three have listed it too, but where's EE?!?
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Old 21-06-2014, 08:56
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Vodafone/ O2 4G now live in Rainham Kent this follows on from their first live 4G cell in Medway at Hempsted Valley Shopping Centre, three sites are now live the third being the big mast behind the services on the M2 and a forth is being upgraded in Parkwood
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Old 23-06-2014, 11:20
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Although since my last post the 4G in Rainham seem to be having problems maybe some one who works in the industry here can help, im using network signal info, on some recently updated sites my phone logs on to 4G but as i get closer to the site suddenly it boots me off and im left with no signal, i cant get the 4G back even trying to force it using androids hidden engineering menu, even right under the offending mast. eventually my phone either reverts to 3G from the same site or back to 4G from a different site once the faulty one is no longer the strongest, this is only happening in maidstone and rainham where o2 have built the network, i have no probs anywhere in south London where voda did the install
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Old 23-06-2014, 16:17
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Sounds like the new ones are still operator barred, I.e. Transmitting but not available for public use.
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Old 24-06-2014, 15:35
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For the last few days, my iPhone 5s on O2 has been picking up 4G in the Gosport area, So I'm guessing that 4G is now available in Portsmouth for those of us on O2...
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Old 30-06-2014, 19:18
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O2 and Vodafone 4G now live in Belfast
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