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Depends. If it's to be just 2G/4G then yes.
If they want 3G The the antenna need to be capable of 1800/2100. They may or may not be already. |
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Depends. If it's to be just 2G/4G then yes.
If they want 3G The the antenna need to be capable of 1800/2100. They may or may not be already. Quote:
i thought all the 1800 antennas did 2100 ?? No antennas changed around here for the B3 4G rollout, in fact on my mast some extra panels were removed. 2G/3G/4G.
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Probably a hidden micro or macro cell. Have had a look and the sitefinder data says the site ref you provide is T-Mobile and it's 7 metres high. (this isn't always totally accurate but it's all we have to go on).
So if you look here you can see a cab against the post office wall. Clearly a cell there somewhere. My two guesses, either on the post office wall (there are some boxes there but I can't make them out on streetview) or it's hidden in the garage forecourt sign which I would estimate is about 7 metres. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.46...8i6656!6m1!1e1 |
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yes, its in the shell totem just left of the bt telephone box..
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ooooohhh that explains everything http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2309645.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...one-masts.html |
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There appears to have been an update to the 2G & 3G coverage maps. These have long been out of date.
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There appears to have been an update to the 2G & 3G coverage maps. These have long been out of date.
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checked the cab on shell petrol station and yes it is a t-mobile cab but do not know if it has 3G too. How to find out. May be Pedro will know
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checked the cab on shell petrol station and yes it is a t-mobile cab but do not know if it has 3G too. How to find out. May be Pedro will know
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data i found is just 2g.
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That was my guess but wanted to clarify it. Thanks sparky
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Doubt it will ever get upgraded to 3G; probably just 2G/4G.
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yes, its in the shell totem just left of the bt telephone box..
Thanks. |
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How come. I have never seen such a thing like this. How is it fitted in there? Well hidden
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checked the cab on shell petrol station and yes it is a t-mobile cab but do not know if it has 3G too. How to find out. May be Pedro will know
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That's easy. You said when you were in the gym you had 5 bars 2G but didn't know where it was from. Well now you know. If it had 3G as well you would be seeing perhaps 3-4 bars 3G in the gym but you aren't. So by that reckoning, it's 2G only.
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Thought I'd post about some 2600 to make a change from 800
![]() https://imgur.com/a/Wm8wu B3A+B7C went live in Manchester last week, as you'd expect starting with the masts most in need of capacity. eNb 12642 (Trafford House) is live, which covers Manchester United and Lancashire Country Cricket Club amongst other things. eNb 12847 (printworks) is also live, covering part of the Arndale Centre, Manchester Arena, Victoria train station, Deansgate and others. Good to see EE keeping to there word and continuing to expand B3A+B7C, while continuing 800MHz rollout. Edit: Also on one site I found priorities a little different to normal. I think it used to be B20 priority 4, EE 3G priority 3 and Orange 3G priority 2? I guess it's just general house keeping, and doesn't change much? Currently; B7 15MHz Priority 7 B7 20MHz Priority 6 B3 20MHz Priority 6 B20 5MHz Priority 5 EE 3G Priority 4 Orange 3G Priority 3 |
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Thought I'd post about some 2600 to make a change from 800
![]() https://imgur.com/a/Wm8wu B3A+B7C went live in Manchester last week, as you'd expect starting with the masts most in need of capacity. eNb 12642 (Trafford House) is live, which covers Manchester United and Lancashire Country Cricket Club amongst other things. eNb 12847 (printworks) is also live, covering part of the Arndale Centre, Manchester Arena, Victoria train station, Deansgate and others. Good to see EE keeping to there word and continuing to expand B3A+B7C, while continuing 800MHz rollout. |
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Now I know what I'm doing tomorrow! Thanks for the tip!
, looking forward to seeing your 3CA results!
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ooooohhh that explains everything http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2309645.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...one-masts.html ![]() http://imgur.com/a/4rN22 https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov...=MD69RXEW09Z00 |
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O2 have added 4G to the area recently so I thought I'd check out the signal and compare with the performance of EE on my phone. 4G wise, it was pretty much the same as far as the signal strength is concerned, although it did cling onto the signal when I went downstairs whereas my EE phone dropped down to 3G. However, I got 80 Mpbs down in my parents room and 17 Mbps vs 25 down (I can't remember the upload) on the O2 phone. Downstairs it was 6 Mbps down on O2 vs about 28 Mbps down on EE which even I was surprised about as I really struggle to get 4G in the living room. 3G signal strength was also similar yet I had just over 3 Mbps up yet my Mum's phone could only manage 0.5 Mpbs. Uploads were about 0.2 Mbps up on both but the signal strength wasn't overly great. O2 managed a full 2G signal yet EE's was fluctuating between 1 and 3 bars. I get a full 2G signal upstairs though.
The point is that O2's coverage now seems almost equal to, if not slightly better than, EE's in my house, yet EE are clearly far better as far as performance is concerned. The masts aren't in exactly the same location so it's not a completely fair test, but it does make me wonder how much difference the frequencies really make. Obviously if the nearest O2 mast was much closer than the nearest EE one you'd expect it to be far better anyway, and vice versa. Using this: https://www.daftlogic.com/projects-g...calculator.htm I've just quickly looked at the distance my house is from the nearest EE and O2 masts in Retford and there isn't much in it, although differing locations mean other factors may affect the signal differently. So how much of an advantage, coverage wise, do EE have over O2 and Vodafone thanks to the the frequencies used by the latter two? |
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Thought I'd post about some 2600 to make a change from 800
![]() https://imgur.com/a/Wm8wu B3A+B7C went live in Manchester last week, as you'd expect starting with the masts most in need of capacity. eNb 12642 (Trafford House) is live, which covers Manchester United and Lancashire Country Cricket Club amongst other things. eNb 12847 (printworks) is also live, covering part of the Arndale Centre, Manchester Arena, Victoria train station, Deansgate and others. Good to see EE keeping to there word and continuing to expand B3A+B7C, while continuing 800MHz rollout. Edit: Also on one site I found priorities a little different to normal. I think it used to be B20 priority 4, EE 3G priority 3 and Orange 3G priority 2? I guess it's just general house keeping, and doesn't change much? Currently; B7 15MHz Priority 7 B7 20MHz Priority 6 B3 20MHz Priority 6 B20 5MHz Priority 5 EE 3G Priority 4 Orange 3G Priority 3 |
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Which app are you using in those screenshots?
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Network Signal Guru, requires root and a Qualcomm modem, but well worth it.
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