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#876 |
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That 95% commitment is good to know! BT really must be serious about investing in EE then.
PS Check your PMs please! ![]() Would be awesome if 3G and 4G got 95% geo ![]() This would mean though, that weakspots (which I have already mentioned before) will need to be infilled with new masts! |
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#877 |
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Is that 95% commitment for 2G, 3G or 4G, or the lot?
Would be awesome if 3G and 4G got 95% geo ![]() This would mean though, that weakspots (which I have already mentioned before) will need to be infilled with new masts! |
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#878 |
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Is that 95% commitment for 2G, 3G or 4G, or the lot?
Would be awesome if 3G and 4G got 95% geo ![]() This would mean though, that weakspots (which I have already mentioned before) will need to be infilled with new masts! |
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#880 |
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By 2020 I would have expected a chunk of 2100 to be brought over to 4G.. probably...
Virtually no one will be using it by then as the majority of handsets, even cheap basic ones will do VoLTE and coverage will be so dense that 3G will vanish. 2G will vanish too for most but it will stick around for a while for M2M and legacy handsets. |
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#881 |
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By 2020 I would have expected a chunk of 2100 to be brought over to 4G.. probably...
Virtually no one will be using it by then as the majority of handsets, even cheap basic ones will do VoLTE and coverage will be so dense that 3G will vanish. 2G will vanish too for most but it will stick around for a while for M2M and legacy handsets.
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#882 |
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My EE Galaxy S7 Edge got the April Security update last night that the unlocked version got just a couple of weeks ago. I wonder if EE are starting to get better with updates?
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#883 |
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I really would stop trying to explain this point. It isn't ever going to sink in
![]() I have forwarded detailed plans to all of the UK networks but none seem interested at the moment. Not worried though, they'll soon be grovelling at my door. I hope it's soon as the MOT on my van is up in June. |
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#884 |
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My EE Galaxy S7 Edge got the April Security update last night that the unlocked version got just a couple of weeks ago. I wonder if EE are starting to get better with updates?
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#885 |
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My EE Galaxy S7 Edge got the April Security update last night that the unlocked version got just a couple of weeks ago. I wonder if EE are starting to get better with updates?
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#886 |
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Any VoLTE?
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#887 |
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Is that 95% commitment for 2G, 3G or 4G, or the lot?
Would be awesome if 3G and 4G got 95% geo ![]() This would mean though, that weakspots (which I have already mentioned before) will need to be infilled with new masts! |
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#888 |
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Would you deploy legacy technology in a higher spectrum band that will provide less coverage?....
I suppose that 3G is just a step-gap technology until all devices are doing VoLTE - then it'll be 4G as standard, meaning that both 2G and 3G get the axe (with the exception of possibly 5MHz 2G for M2M?). |
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#889 |
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#890 |
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Haha Bookey, I get the point! That means it'll be 4G, due to the cell breathing and other issues with 3G.
I suppose that 3G is just a step-gap technology until all devices are doing VoLTE - then it'll be 4G as standard, meaning that both 2G and 3G get the axe (with the exception of possibly 5MHz 2G for M2M?). |
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#891 |
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It's for 4G geography. No mention of 3G or 2G, but why bother? 4G will be the standard in 2020. It will be the basic service you will expect.
Yep, that'll mean my S4 will be obsolete, but technology in 2020 will probably be much better than what it was in 2013 (the release year of the S4). |
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#892 |
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No sign of it in call settings, I also received the update this morning.
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#893 |
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I wonder when VoLTE is fully rolled out if that setting will disappear on iOS and the only 4G option will be a simple on and off.
There's no benefit to being able to disable VoLTE right? |
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#894 |
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I think it might just work, no toggle or anything
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#895 |
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I wonder when VoLTE is fully rolled out if that setting will disappear on iOS and the only 4G option will be a simple on and off.
There's no benefit to being able to disable VoLTE right? |
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#896 |
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Not according to another thread, the unbranded version got a setting added to enable VoLTE (OP was on 3) from the same (or similar) update.
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#897 |
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Seems to be different on EE, I'm on the BTU firmware and there's no VoLTE settings with an EE sim in
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#898 |
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Seems to be different on EE, I'm on the BTU firmware and there's no VoLTE settings with an EE sim in
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#899 |
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EE probably wants to isolate problems before launch, so using just one handset type helps. Before launch, I expect they'll allow other handsets on. Then we'll get the official launch with a big fanfare.
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