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Few more weeks and it'll be on everywhere...
To be honest it has more advantages for the network than the user. If you make most of your calls over 3G now you aren't going to notice any difference other Than a faster call setup time to 4G/WC/Landlines. Call setup to 2G/3G will still be slower. The vast majority won't even know they are using it. WiFi Calling to VoLTE handover is definitely an advantage I'm waiting for. Just confused why VoLTE has gone from mostly working here to non-existing, it seemed like it was almost ready to be fully live. |
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#1002 |
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I now see EE have changed the EU add on to say its 500mb full speed, then you pay for more.
Last week i am pretty sure it said 100mb full then 400mb slow..... |
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Saw a My EE app update this morning, it's worrying that they still don't support iPhone 6 screen resolution, the app is scaled and looks ugly, the iPhone 6 has been out almost 2 years, surely it's not that difficult to support properly?
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VoLTE is on in Wakefield centre.
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Saw a My EE app update this morning, it's worrying that they still don't support iPhone 6 screen resolution, the app is scaled and looks ugly, the iPhone 6 has been out almost 2 years, surely it's not that difficult to support properly?
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Saw a My EE app update this morning, it's worrying that they still don't support iPhone 6 screen resolution, the app is scaled and looks ugly, the iPhone 6 has been out almost 2 years, surely it's not that difficult to support properly?
), but are dreadful when it comes to software - whether it's device firmware updates, consumer web, or consumer mobile. I don't know whether they outsource this type of development, but I see it as one of their biggest weaknesses.
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EE seem great on core network operations (with a few exceptions
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VoLTE is on in Wakefield centre.
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I think it's some crappy Cordova/Phonegap HTML5 app. It behaves horribly on my S7 too.
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Half the time it doesn't make it past the splash screen on my S7
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According to the 4G Calling help page, it's now available on Microsoft Lumia phones!
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I just checked and I'm now getting the 500MB allowance. I thought it was going to start when I got home. Nice one EE. Definitely happy I chose you over Three.
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I just checked and I'm now getting the 500MB allowance. I thought it was going to start when I got home. Nice one EE. Definitely happy I chose you over Three.
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VoLTE is on in Wakefield centre.
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Just need 800 and the car house transmitter sorted.
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So VoLTE has been turned off in Gloucester but I can now go from Wifi Calling to 4G so they're definitely fiddling around here.
Also having the same issues that others have reported about WiFI Calling not switching on. |
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Had to post this speed test result, given it was just off Euston Road. Earlier in the day (5pm) it was 78Mbps, so perhaps proof of congestion when workers are a still in town.
https://goo.gl/photos/K3uGn5JnjomEZAuZ9 (for those who don't want to click, it's a speed test result of over 148Mbps, and I topped 150 for a split second - obviously hitting the cap). 148Mbps down was awesome though - I thought it was good when my S4 hit 92Mbps down on the A1 a few days ago
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As long as that was the speed of your data and not your car
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I daresay 1800 and 2600 would kill it, with 800 from the mast on the other side of town
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Having to make sure I don't answer or make a call over WiFi Calling before leaving the house or going out of range of an AP definitely affects me.
WiFi Calling to VoLTE handover is definitely an advantage I'm waiting for. Just confused why VoLTE has gone from mostly working here to non-existing, it seemed like it was almost ready to be fully live. Well, ok... apart from that!! hahaha |
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Moved my external antenna today after the painters had finished working outside....
http://www.speedtest.net/result/5305730574.png From woeful ADSL at less than 2mbps down and 0.5 up, I'm pretty happy!
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Hi just had a thought would handing over the 450mhz tetra spectrum to National Rail be more of a wise idea and freeing up the 900mhz that they use for mobile use? Is that possible? Some people mentioned TETRA the other day and its just occured to me. Is their even enough 900mhz from NR for mobile use? Cheers
Not much else uses the 450-465MHz range for TETRA, there are a couple of users (small private systems) I know of but not much else? *terms and conditions apply, timescale may be somewhat delayed
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You mean when the blue lights stop using TETRA in a couple of years* time? - they're using 380-395MHz
Not much else uses the 450-465MHz range for TETRA, there are a couple of users (small private systems) I know of but not much else? *terms and conditions apply, timescale may be somewhat delayed ![]() 4G400... that'd be interesting. You'd need all 15MHz of it to get any reasonable data through such a low frequency band... correct me if I'm wrong? It'd certainly give good coverage though! |
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Hi just had a thought would handing over the 450mhz tetra spectrum to National Rail be more of a wise idea and freeing up the 900mhz that they use for mobile use? Is that possible? Some people mentioned TETRA the other day and its just occured to me. Is their even enough 900mhz from NR for mobile use? Cheers
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re: Network Rail
I think people are overlooking two factors - cost, and compatibility. Rebanding Network Rail's GSM-R network is going to be hilariously expensive. It'd be cheaper and quicker to subsidise a 99% land mass 2600MHz network! So many cell sites would have to be modified, as would every single train in GB One of the reasons why Network Rail went to GSM-R was to achieve full compatibility with foreign trains. Eurostar won't need several different radios and signalling systems for each country anymore, it will have one. If DB or anyone else decides to run trains in GB, they can do it more easily and efficiently. So you'd have to either install a special GB radio system, or get the whole of Europe to move over too. Not happening |
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), but are dreadful when it comes to software - whether it's device firmware updates, consumer web, or consumer mobile. I don't know whether they outsource this type of development, but I see it as one of their biggest weaknesses.