Three have frustrated me incredibly in the past with their London network and I'm thinking about terminating my contract early and moving to Vodafone's reduced 20GB plan.
Even though you might sometimes see good 50+Mbit values in outer London, in central London you will never see more than 10 Mbit and often I will have incredible problems even achieving 1-2Mbit. There have been numerous times where the congestion was so bad I couldn't even connect to WhatsApp.
Also Three's 4G footprint is so weak that even in Central London you will sometimes fall back onto 3G. In almost every London airport or train station Three only offers 3G. I had high hopes when 4G800 was launched, but since then I have connected to 4G800 one single time. There are still plenty of places where I never have signal (office, university, bars) which is incredibly frustrating on a daily basis.
Vodafone on the other hand tempts me enormously because the fact that it already supports CA of the 800 and 2600 frequencies giving it 30Mhz of spectrum in 2600 areas (all of Central London) which is double of the spectrum that Three offer. Also their recent launch of the 1800Mhz and 2100Mhz bands make me hopeful, as it could pave the way to a CA of 45Mhz. Furthermore the fact that they’ve been deploying 4G on 800Mhz for 3 years now, gives me the confidence that they will offer much better indoor coverage than Three.
Now I wanted to ask if any Three insider knows wether Three has any plans to offer CA by combining the 800 and 1800 frequencies or if they are even looking at launching 4G on the 2100 frequency anytime soon. It would also be interesting to know wether Three is going to accelerate their 4G800 rollout, eventually bringing it to all base stations ?
What would the experts recommend I do purely on technical grounds (leaving out the details of the individual plans) ? Unfortunately EE is not really an option price wise at the moment...
Even though you might sometimes see good 50+Mbit values in outer London, in central London you will never see more than 10 Mbit and often I will have incredible problems even achieving 1-2Mbit. There have been numerous times where the congestion was so bad I couldn't even connect to WhatsApp.
Also Three's 4G footprint is so weak that even in Central London you will sometimes fall back onto 3G. In almost every London airport or train station Three only offers 3G. I had high hopes when 4G800 was launched, but since then I have connected to 4G800 one single time. There are still plenty of places where I never have signal (office, university, bars) which is incredibly frustrating on a daily basis.
Vodafone on the other hand tempts me enormously because the fact that it already supports CA of the 800 and 2600 frequencies giving it 30Mhz of spectrum in 2600 areas (all of Central London) which is double of the spectrum that Three offer. Also their recent launch of the 1800Mhz and 2100Mhz bands make me hopeful, as it could pave the way to a CA of 45Mhz. Furthermore the fact that they’ve been deploying 4G on 800Mhz for 3 years now, gives me the confidence that they will offer much better indoor coverage than Three.
Now I wanted to ask if any Three insider knows wether Three has any plans to offer CA by combining the 800 and 1800 frequencies or if they are even looking at launching 4G on the 2100 frequency anytime soon. It would also be interesting to know wether Three is going to accelerate their 4G800 rollout, eventually bringing it to all base stations ?
What would the experts recommend I do purely on technical grounds (leaving out the details of the individual plans) ? Unfortunately EE is not really an option price wise at the moment...




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