|
||||||||
EE vs Three and Vodafone vs O2 |
![]() |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#26 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Swansea
Posts: 871
|
Quote:
Now EE plans 95% geographic coverage, that should change now. I wonder if LTE 450 could ever be used here? That could probably get things up to nearer 100% as has been made possible elsewhere where deployed.
|
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#27 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: a land filled with trolls
Posts: 12,010
|
I think I read that the network using it for 100% coverage is doing it for Internet access primarily, using routers and possibly larger than normal antennas. Plus M2M applications.
I haven't seen a phone supporting it. I presume there must be something though. Finland has it and offers 99.9%. I assume that's what they'd all say as it covers any tiny gaps that may be impossible to fill. |
|
|
|
|
#28 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 427
|
Quote:
The maps they put along with the announcement show coverage massively improving in Scotland between 2016 and 2020. A long time no doubt but looks as though they'll finish the job.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#29 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 93
|
Quote:
Best wait and see we've heard all this before
|
|
|
|
|
|
#30 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 102
|
Quote:
Oh you mean any LTE (4G) handset capable of 800, 1800 and 2600 mhz?
|
|
|
|
|
|
#31 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: This forum
Posts: 3,388
|
Quote:
No there are to be specific devices for the ESN contract which are operating at higher power levels which are yet to be revealed some will be handheld and others vehicle based.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#32 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 787
|
Quote:
Best wait and see we've heard all this before
|
|
|
|
|
|
#33 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 102
|
Quote:
Interesting - thanks.
ESN also requires coverage up to 12,000 feet in the air for comms with aircraft. |
|
|
|
|
|
#34 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 102
|
Quote:
I can't remember any network making a geographic coverage promise before. And EE have the emergency services contract so they will need to dramatically increase coverage. So I'm pretty hopeful.
The EAS rollout (Extended Area Services) take road network coverage from EE's predicted 94.5% to 99.2% but there was talk that these EAS sites would be offered to other networks as they are going to be delivered by the Home Office so I imagine the sites will be administered by Arqiva for example and in turn will treat them as part of their site portfolio. |
|
|
|
|
|
#35 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 506
|
Quote:
I was on EE for some time and moved to O2. Generally, where I spend 95% of my week, the 4G coverage from O2 is good. One of my main reasons for moving was the poor indoor coverage of both EE and 3. I have noticed in at least 5-6 locations where I have been locally, where EE signal would die indoors but O2 is still usable.
Yes there have been areas in the sticks where O2 is 2G/Edge only and there may be a whiff of EE/3 3/4G albeit very weak and slow. In some cases, I curse O2 for Edge only and then my partner looks at her EE phone and has nothing ![]() ![]() Another problem I had with the EE & BT sims was my battery drained twice as fast as on giffgaff. |
|
|
|
|
|
#36 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 842
|
In the town live in, O2 seem to have the best coverage, then it's Vodafone, then EE, then Three. I just live on the outskirts of town, and on the O2 network can get around 30 - 50 Mbps.
Stick your relevant postcodes into here, and then you can compare networks coverage. |
|
|
|
|
#37 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 506
|
Quote:
I can't remember any network making a geographic coverage promise before. And EE have the emergency services contract so they will need to dramatically increase coverage. So I'm pretty hopeful.
I would hope EE or Three don't have the emergency services contract where I live if the offcom maps are anything near accurate. |
|
|
|
|
|
#38 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Leicester
Posts: 897
|
Quote:
Are you sure about EE having the emergency services contract ? I know Vodafone claimed to have the deal a few years ago
|
|
|
|
|
|
#39 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 506
|
Quote:
Yes, EE have the contract from mid-2017. Vodafone had a misleading TV ad about the emergency services using them a couple of years ago.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#40 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 14,636
|
Quote:
I doubt the emergency services would risk using EE where I live because of their poor coverage in my area even for voice calls. Surely they would use whoever is decent in their local area ?
|
|
|
|
|
|
#41 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 787
|
Quote:
I doubt the emergency services would risk using EE where I live because of their poor coverage in my area even for voice calls. Surely they would use whoever is decent in their local area ?
So coverage in your area will presumably improve. |
|
|
|
|
|
#42 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 871
|
Quote:
I doubt the emergency services would risk using EE where I live because of their poor coverage in my area even for voice calls. Surely they would use whoever is decent in their local area ?
|
|
|
|
|
|
#43 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 667
|
Quote:
I doubt the emergency services would risk using EE where I live because of their poor coverage in my area even for voice calls. Surely they would use whoever is decent in their local area ?
I holiday in Bala and the A4212 from the Town has very patchy 2G coverage, non existent in fact on a section a few miles long, and its the same in a lot of areas in the Peak District, and Lake DistrictQuote:
EE will be switching on their 800mhz 4G layer soon (how soon??)
4G of any kind from any network is also currently absent in the areas I mention above, so not sure how that will help in these and similar places
|
|
|
|
|
|
#44 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 787
|
Quote:
I holiday in Bala and the A4212 from the Town has very patchy 2G coverage, non existent in fact on a section a few miles long, and its the same in a lot of areas in the Peak District
4G of any kind from any network is also currently absent in the areas I mention above, so not sure how that will help in these and similar places |
|
|
|
|
|
#45 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 2,875
|
Quote:
It enlarges the footprint from existing masts... So if an area has a weak 2G signal now on EE, it will have a much stronger one on 4G800 from the same mast. 2G footprint remains the same of course.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#46 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 787
|
Quote:
Not much better signal than O2 or Vodafone though...
|
|
|
|
|
|
#47 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,373
|
Missus (on EE) and her mate have taken the kids camping to Charmouth this week. For one reason or another I needed to contact her mate (on VOD). 2G only. What a joke. Missus has plenty of data coverage and her mate has nothing.
Stupid thing is that as they both have iphones, missus can't text her as it always goes to iMessage which her mate can't pick up. This is Charmouth / Lyme Regis. A MAJOR tourist destination and nothing from VO2. Utterly pathetic. I'm starting to think that this major VO2 roll out is just a wind up. It's the same old story. Big towns and cities and the major roads. Then what? I guess the rest of us get 3G900 connected to something that doesn't work with a few miles of used electric fence running through hose pipe kicked into the verge and a 12v battery they nicked out of an abandoned Cortina. |
|
|
|
|
|
#48 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 787
|
Quote:
Missus (on EE) and her mate have taken the kids camping to Charmouth this week. For one reason or another I needed to contact her mate (on VOD). 2G only. What a joke. Missus has plenty of data coverage and her mate has nothing.
Stupid thing is that as they both have iphones, missus can't text her as it always goes to iMessage which her mate can't pick up. This is Charmouth / Lyme Regis. A MAJOR tourist destination and nothing from VO2. Utterly pathetic. I'm starting to think that this major VO2 roll out is just a wind up. It's the same old story. Big towns and cities and the major roads. Then what? I guess the rest of us get 3G900 connected to something that doesn't work with a few miles of used electric fence running through hose pipe kicked into the verge and a 12v battery they nicked out of an abandoned Cortina. All networks will be keen to get their entire infrastructure on LTE as soon as possible, because it's totally different to 2g and 3g, and this mix of techs is bad for everyone. |
|
|
|
|
|
#49 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 2,875
|
Massive O2/Vodafone improvements going on and in my case, coverage will obliterate EE indoors until they do 800MHz.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#50 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 787
|
Quote:
Massive O2/Vodafone improvements going on and in my case, coverage will obliterate EE indoors until they do 800MHz.
|
|
|
|
![]() |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 17:50.






