Originally Posted by Aye Up:
“Bluntly put I think people need to get over themselves in relating to the legacy problems of Vodafone and focus more on what will happen in the future. Building out 4G like Rome, won't done overnight. However in those areas where Vodafone has put in place new infratructure you will generally find the service much improved and more importantly reliable, something that can't be said of another network.”
“Bluntly put I think people need to get over themselves in relating to the legacy problems of Vodafone and focus more on what will happen in the future. Building out 4G like Rome, won't done overnight. However in those areas where Vodafone has put in place new infratructure you will generally find the service much improved and more importantly reliable, something that can't be said of another network.”
I agree with you completely on Orange - I recall after I moved to T-Mobile, the Orange data prices were still insane, but my parents did a speed test in my home and they managed 0.05Mbps whereas on T-Mobile I was getting 16Mbps. The lack of investment from France Telecom was obvious - growing customers but not infrastructure.
Vodafone is still rubbish in a lot of places, and 4G is still in its infancy, as there are lots and lots of cheap 3G only handsets (e.g. Moto G) out there. Any Vodafone customers who aren't on 4G are getting a significantly substandard service compared to all of the other three networks. This is not going to be fixed overnight. For those with money and/or newer handsets, the Vodafone 4G network is a great solution - as it rolls out around the UK.
In terms of speeds - if Voda's CEO can get average speeds of 20Mbps then I'm happy. That means no problems streaming video etc. However if 20Mbps is his theoretical max, that means low end speeds of 1Mbps, and as such there won't be enough capacity for the volume of customers he wants.




