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EE has much more spectrum to use for double speed and started their rollout 18 months before Three, so have more base stations deployed, plus their investment has been funded by I think £2BN, which is considerably more than Three, but of course you pay for that with higher prices.
I do have to ask what you need more then 10Mb/s on your phone for though. I know I am perfectly happy with 10Mb/s and the cost vs not having a fixed allowance. I end up staying in a lot of hotels, mainly when I visit London so tether a lot. Means if i need to download that large iOS update on my Mac i can do so, or if i want to download large files whilst streaming 1080p it has more than enough. |
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I am seeing Vodafone 4g+ on my Samsung Note 4 N910F model. Sometimes in Central London in Oxford Circuis however seeing it more at Norbury, Norwood, Selhurt, Thonton Heath and Croydon.
4g+ screen shot via the following weblink https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3i...ew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3i...ew?usp=sharing |
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I am seeing Vodafone 4g+ on my Samsung Note 4 N910F model. Sometimes in Central London in Oxford Circuis however seeing it more at Norbury, Norwood, Selhurt, Thonton Heath and Croydon.
4g+ screen shot via the following weblink https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3i...ew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3i...ew?usp=sharing |
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Well I was expecting to see it in and around Birmingham at the weekend but had nothing at which is very surprising considering Birmingham was meant to be a launch city live back in October
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On a more serious note, why are you guys obsessed with data speed? What are you going to do on your phone with it's little screen which requires a zillion megatwats per second? Surely a more robust service with a decent but modest speed would be better? Unless the networks are allowing you to tether and offer a sensible data allowance (100GB a month for £20 or something), what is the point of face melting speed other than that it's a bit of willy waving?
What can you actually do on the latest smartphone with 80mb that you can't do with 5mb? |
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On a more serious note, why are you guys obsessed with data speed? What are you going to do on your phone with it's little screen which requires a zillion megatwats per second? Surely a more robust service with a decent but modest speed would be better? Unless the networks are allowing you to tether and offer a sensible data allowance (100GB a month for £20 or something), what is the point of face melting speed other than that it's a bit of willy waving?
What can you actually do on the latest smartphone with 80mb that you can't do with 5mb?
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I am all for new technologies. But let's get the basis first. Vodacrap and O poo still offer only GPRS where I live. Never mind the big areas let's try and get 3g to everyone first.
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Im not sure what the extra speeds offer on a mobile device, other than the "show off" factor of impressing people with speedtest.
Will it play TV content in better quality? no Will the smaller apps on a phone that are 20MB come down faster? well yes, but it's already 10 seconds on standard 4G Will browsing be faster, no I can't see many consumer benefits right now over and above 4G, plus those 2 providers will no doubt charge an arm and a leg for it , and give you limited data packages so you can use it up in less than an hour even if you did download anything big. |
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I think quite possibly this is the most sensible thing I've ever seen you post. You feeling ok?
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And dont forget what does Speed testing do.... oh yeah it slows the network down!! not rocket science i not against the odd test but people who do it continuously should be cut off !!!!
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For 95% of people just having 10 down and 10up on 4G is perfectly fine. The jump comes from less latancy.
I get 30mbps on 3G and 5-10 on 4G at home(crap 4G signal). Yes when its on 4G everything is much faster. Its like a 3G signal has to build up. If you watch a speed test it'll be straight at the speed on 4G but 3G starts off slow and slowly gets to 30Mbps. G. This translates into faster browsing. 150mbps is useful for people doing large downloads and uploads and not just general useage. See latency and browsing at http://media.ofcom.org.uk/news/2014/3g-4g-bb-speeds/ ... though my experience from a comparison a few years back seemed much bigger than that report suggests... but consistent congestion at the time on voda 3G (even without the utter lack of 3G beyond towns) may have influenced my feelings. The surprise to me was going from vodafone 3G to three. I can now drive and stream 320 kbps through the road network (well in the south,,, with a few minor exceptions). I couldnt do that on voda due to a constant shift to 2G |
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I was going to repost my 133.9 Mbps test again....
Perhaps this is not the best place then.... Oh bugger, they've cut me off!!! |
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To be honest, couldn't you stream radio on VF EDGE, just about? I recall that I could stream Spotify on the lowest quality on VF EDGE.
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I was going to repost my 133.9 Mbps test again....
Perhaps this is not the best place then.... Oh bugger, they've cut me off!!! |
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To be honest, couldn't you stream radio on VF EDGE, just about? I recall that I could stream Spotify on the lowest quality on VF EDGE.
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This speed is so fast it turns soft rock music into hardhouse.
Seriously with a 1GB or even 10GB limit, there is absolutely no point in this speed whatsoever lol |
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This speed is so fast it turns soft rock music into hardhouse.
Seriously with a 1GB or even 10GB limit, there is absolutely no point in this speed whatsoever lol |
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To be honest, couldn't you stream radio on VF EDGE, just about? I recall that I could stream Spotify on the lowest quality on VF EDGE.
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In one of my local towns of Saffron Walden. EE has just enabled double speed 4G and yet Vodafone still only offers GPRS. Not even EDGE. All the other networks offer decent 3g coverage. Vodafone are so backwards it's unbelievable in this day and age.
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In one of my local towns of Saffron Walden. EE has just enabled double speed 4G and yet Vodafone still only offers GPRS. Not even EDGE. All the other networks offer decent 3g coverage. Vodafone are so backwards it's unbelievable in this day and age.
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I honestly couldn't care about the speeds 4.5G or LTE Advanced brings its the benefits like CA and CoMP which I find useful. Just as I find WiFi Calling and VoLTE to be useful long as I have a nice reliable average speed the 4G coverage itself is far more important.
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Thanks. What speeds are you seeing, especially on Vodafone (I work sometimes in Croydon so am interested).
About 71 download speed on Vodafone 4G+ , at West Croydon area. https://drive.google.com/folderview?...kE&usp=sharing |
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About 71 download speed on Vodafone 4G+ , at West Croydon area.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...kE&usp=sharing |
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About 71 download speed on Vodafone 4G+ , at West Croydon area.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...kE&usp=sharing More likely in Croydon you have a lot of other users on the network. |
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Looks good, what phone are you using? I'm in Croydon with a 6 Plus so I suppose I'm not getting those speeds because the phone can't handle the bands?
However, as jc says, 71 is just an average speed for 4G+. I regularly get 80+ on iPhone 6 just with double speed 4G. Fastest was 134 Mbps!! I love posting this ![]() Standard 4G 20Mhz double speed. iPhone 6. EE mast on A38 just outside Ashburton. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ltgu130e2c...34meg.png?dl=0 |
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