Rootmetrics:4G in the UK

RAN Man · 19-05-2015, 18:10

A fairly lengthy report but interesting nonetheless.

http://www.rootmetrics.com/uk/blog/s...ing-footprints

JamieEarl · 19-05-2015, 18:21

Intresting read, Shame they never tested my home town of Carlisle but that could be due to network roll out... Or we're just not big enough :').

I know EE here has great 4G and friends sit about 50mb! Myself on 3 gets patch 4g (Not rolled out) Between 20mb and 75mb!

Jamie

Mark in Essex · 20-05-2015, 12:41

Shame they only test in the big cities, as I'm sure it would be a totally different picture if they tested in smaller towns and even down to villages in more rural locations.

d123 · 20-05-2015, 13:56

This comment sums up Three's 4G rollout:

Quote:

To put this in perspective, consider that Three’s best rate was still lower than the worst coverage rate for any other operator (48.5% in Hull for EE, 45.6% in Coventry for O2, and 45.4% in Coventry for Vodafone).

red_g00ner · 20-05-2015, 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by d123

This comment sums up Three's 4G rollout:

On the other hand Three was the most reliable network and on average offered 10mbs download.

Which is still a very good speed for most people.

Speed isnt everything

lightspeed2398 · 20-05-2015, 16:29

It's an interesting report but in my opinion it should cover more stats. For example latency. At home I get EE and Voda 4g. 50mbps on EE and 35mbps on Voda but 80ms ping on EE and 25ms ping on Voda. The Vodafone feels quicker because of that and you couldn't work that out just from the bandwidth.

19-05-2015, 18:10	#1
RAN Man Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 249	Rootmetrics:4G in the UK A fairly lengthy report but interesting nonetheless. http://www.rootmetrics.com/uk/blog/s...ing-footprints

19-05-2015, 18:21	#2
JamieEarl Forum Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Carlisle, Cumbria Posts: 20	Intresting read, Shame they never tested my home town of Carlisle but that could be due to network roll out... Or we're just not big enough :'). I know EE here has great 4G and friends sit about 50mb! Myself on 3 gets patch 4g (Not rolled out) Between 20mb and 75mb! Jamie

20-05-2015, 12:41	#3
Mark in Essex Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,644	Shame they only test in the big cities, as I'm sure it would be a totally different picture if they tested in smaller towns and even down to villages in more rural locations.

20-05-2015, 13:56	#4
d123 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,993	This comment sums up Three's 4G rollout: Quote: To put this in perspective, consider that Three’s best rate was still lower than the worst coverage rate for any other operator (48.5% in Hull for EE, 45.6% in Coventry for O2, and 45.4% in Coventry for Vodafone).

20-05-2015, 15:06	#5
red_g00ner Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: UK Posts: 790	Quote: Originally Posted by d123 This comment sums up Three's 4G rollout: On the other hand Three was the most reliable network and on average offered 10mbs download. Which is still a very good speed for most people. Speed isnt everything

20-05-2015, 16:29	#6
lightspeed2398 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 1,325	It's an interesting report but in my opinion it should cover more stats. For example latency. At home I get EE and Voda 4g. 50mbps on EE and 35mbps on Voda but 80ms ping on EE and 25ms ping on Voda. The Vodafone feels quicker because of that and you couldn't work that out just from the bandwidth.

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