Originally Posted by jchamier:
“You really should stop talking about this topic, you've been told by people who work for networks, and those of us who have read up on the topic, that 2G is not going to go. Phones are not perfect and are not calibrated scientific equipment. Your phone is perhaps £700 unconnected brand new, compared to the £1.5million or so a 2G/3G/4G transmission mast, cabinets, and antenna cost. It will often do what you don't want - and you may find other makes of Android, or other handsets (e.g. WinPho, Symbian, iOS) handle the switching better for your requirements.”
Amen. But it won't stop. We'll get 150kbps and tunein radio repeated ad nauseum. The sooner we get out of this ridiculous switching situation, the better. Can't wait for rollout to complete.
4G rollout is continuing in the North East, I had good strength 4G in Udny Green 2 weeks ago (was covered only by Orange 2G previously. Yesterday when I went back, I could only find 3G (but on the T-Mobile code) so the mast is obviously still in testing.
The centre of Ellon is still not covered by the large mast at Hillhead, which I find a little strange. Meanwhile, the dreaded competition are catching up very quickly with the whole town covered well by 4G. But it's still slower :P
I find it amazing that VO2 can vast swathes of rural Aberdeenshire from relatively few masts. EE must have twice the number, and still suffer from "no service" in places that Vodafone in particular cover well. Hopefully this will change with time. I'm sure Orange used to cover some of these places. However, this could be due to the fact that back in the day, I had a 2G phone with a much larger antenna hehe.
An awful lot of rural Orange masts still being relied upon to provide coverage... It will be a couple of years yet before they get upgraded. Meanwhile, VO2 can just swan in and upgrade their one mast on a hill.