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Old 01-12-2016, 17:12
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Now if you're not done by close of play tomorrow then you can say it!
EE will have been planning this event for many months. It will go like clockwork. They will have carefully planned the switch on to the last letter and to allow specific devices only. To allow this surely they would have had to remove all access and then activate a limited range of devices. I'm no expert in this by any means, but you'd be pretty naive to think they're stumbling through this not having a clue what they're doing. It's not their first rodeo!

As far as I have read and digested, 1st December is the day that we will be graced with this extended coverage, and at the last check, it's only the 30th November at time of writing.
Exactly. Save the accusations until the end of tomorrow!
But Jon, that's not the modern way!

Get incredibly angry and wound up, and scream and shout about it on all forms of social media, that's how things are done nowadays.

Waiting a day or two and excercising some patience... get real! Now now now! Waa waa waa!
*taps foot*

*checks watch*

*adds row 347 to the 'EE delayed launches and general f*ck-ups' spreadsheet*

As you were, chaps. As you were....

Edit: I'm going to get slated if by some quirk it gets switched on at 23:59...
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Old 01-12-2016, 17:29
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You guys get far too hyped up.. I think EE just loves watching you be disappointed. At least there will at least 3000 8004G masts by Christmas.

Plenty of masts received a software update in the last 24 hours (on top of the announced number), the masts that are upgraded are already on. I've not been told if the public can see them yet i.e. Business or VIP accounts only or what. EE are very strict in not launching unless everything is spot on... they are not Three.

It could be they quickly discovered a network issue when it was scaled up from testing, say frequency priority or some weird issue or the provisioning systems have **** themselves and they have had to delay due to this.

3000 this Xmas? Are you sure?
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Old 01-12-2016, 17:30
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At least there will at least 3000 8004G masts by Christmas.
Which Christmas?
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Old 01-12-2016, 17:36
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You guys get far too hyped up.. I think EE just loves watching you be disappointed. At least there will at least 3000 8004G masts by Christmas.

Plenty of masts received a software update in the last 24 hours (on top of the announced number), the masts that are upgraded are already on. I've not been told if the public can see them yet i.e. Business or VIP accounts only or what. EE are very strict in not launching unless everything is spot on... they are not Three.

It could be they quickly discovered a network issue when it was scaled up from testing, say frequency priority or some weird issue or the provisioning systems have **** themselves and they have had to delay due to this.
I did have a very weak 4g signal this morning where previously I have had no signal at all so something most be happening.
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Old 01-12-2016, 17:49
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The Merry one.
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:04
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Just checked the difference in signal between my 6S and 6S Plus on same network, same cell. 6S+ signal is just over 10x stronger. Speed is 15mb vs 42mb on the Download. Same account for both sims.

http://m.imgur.com/bVemV8s
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:05
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You do need to be on 4G to see details of LTE (which you appear not to be from the references to GSM and UMTS), and then it's the third option

https://s19.postimg.org/dgf1jxaxf/IMG_0085.png
Ahh, that must have been it. I was on wifi at the time so just assumed I had 4g
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:05
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News headlines: 'EE in didn't do what they said they were going to do scandal. Again. For the 85th time. '

Did anyone really expect them to turn this on? Come on, this is EE. You have to add 12 months to all their release dates.

It's not that tough EE, it's just 800 4G. The other networks seem to be rolling it out perfectly well.

God help them if another network manages to be less crap.
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:07
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I did think I'd picked up Band 20 earlier, but it was from when I was testing dual SIM functionality with Vodafone

Gives an idea what it'll be like though. Full scale 4G in the house on Voda, coming from the same physical mast. Effing sweet. (2 bars usually falling down to H+ on EE right now)
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:16
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People can be be upset now, but does it really matter? Like the protracted VoLTE testing on 1800 before it was announced, it had to be working to a certain standard before going official.

We can presume something went wrong, not that the person who had to press enter was off sick.

Or maybe that's exactly what happened!
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:20
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Oh come on Lucan. 2016 or 2017?
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:36
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People can be be upset now, but does it really matter? Like the protracted VoLTE testing on 1800 before it was announced, it had to be working to a certain standard before going official.

We can presume something went wrong, not that the person who had to press enter was off sick.

Or maybe that's exactly what happened!
No. Everyone must be punished for everything. Anything else is communism. I have prepared some protest banners and tonight we will be advancing on London chanting 'What do we want? 800! When do we want it? About 12 months after it was promised'.

That will shake them up.
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:46
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Living in Hatfield, I might camp outside the HQ tonight.
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Old 01-12-2016, 19:01
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News headlines: 'EE in didn't do what they said they were going to do scandal. Again. For the 85th time. '

Did anyone really expect them to turn this on? Come on, this is EE. You have to add 12 months to all their release dates.

It's not that tough EE, it's just 800 4G. The other networks seem to be rolling it out perfectly well.

God help them if another network manages to be less crap.
Oh yes because Three's rollout of 4G and 800 has been the epitome of success. CTIL in cities is known for their high levels of capacity & excellence. /s

EE's 800 is supporting ESN when it launches so they'd probably quite like to get it right first time + their 4G compared to everyone else is still ahead enough that they can take the time to launch it properly.

Their mistake was not waiting until it was fully working and enabled before announcing it but I imagine the pressure was on to get it marketed for Christmas.
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Old 01-12-2016, 19:41
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I'm sat at home in front of fire with a strong 800 4g Oh wait, I'm on Vodafone! I might add I also don't have volte or WiFi calling.

I do have a warm glow when I watch that hideous Christmas advert from voda. Let's be honest what are the chances of breaking down in the middle of nowhere on a bus and having a voda data signal?

I'm reading this thread with interest as my sim only contract is up in 6 weeks. EE 4g is a bit weak here abouts and hoping 800 may improve things. Down side my phone won't be supported by ee. Oh what to do. Can't check out ee 800 even if it was live round here?
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Old 01-12-2016, 19:52
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I'm sat at home in front of fire with a strong 800 4g Oh wait, I'm on Vodafone! I might add I also don't have volte or WiFi calling.

I do have a warm glow when I watch that hideous Christmas advert from voda. Let's be honest what are the chances of breaking down in the middle of nowhere on a bus and having a voda data signal?

I'm reading this thread with interest as my sim only contract is up in 6 weeks. EE 4g is a bit weak here abouts and hoping 800 may improve things. Down side my phone won't be supported by ee. Oh what to do. Can't check out ee 800 even if it was live round here?
In Scotland nowadays, i'd never rely on Vodafone for a signal. They used to be the best for 2G up here but EE has surpassed their rural coverage even if you compare EE3G/4G with Voda 2G it is close to tipping over to Eae favour and we all know city wise EE 9 times out 10 will win that battle, which rootmetrics backs up.
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Old 01-12-2016, 20:07
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At least there will at least 3000 8004G masts by Christmas.
Christmas 2017 you mean : "Another 3,000 sites will be equipped with the low frequency spectrum before the end of 2017."
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Old 01-12-2016, 20:26
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EE has until just before midnight to do what it said!
I was wright. Was not I. Knew that will happen. Spoke to EE today and on twitter they told me 4G800 roll out will be held off. There has been delay with provisioning accounts
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Old 01-12-2016, 20:37
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I was wright. Was not I. Knew that will happen. Spoke to EE today and on tweeter they told me 4G800 roll out will be held off. There has been delay with provisioning accounts
You are right now. You weren't when you moaned before the go live date!
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Old 01-12-2016, 20:37
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But how LONG is this delay?
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Old 01-12-2016, 20:47
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But how LONG is this delay?
I have just asked them on twitter. Also today asked someone from EE why last week I was getting 4G800 and this week no? He said that the nearest 4G800 mast is down and they are wotking on it so within the next 24h will be fixed. So I will check tomorrow to see if there is any 4G800 in the area.
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Old 01-12-2016, 20:48
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You are right now. You weren't when you moaned before the go live date!
Jon you are wright I should have waited until tonight.
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Old 01-12-2016, 21:32
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I don't wanna wait for this go live I'm too impatient ! (throws tantrum on the floor) lol
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Old 01-12-2016, 21:33
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I do have a warm glow when I watch that hideous Christmas advert from voda. Let's be honest what are the chances of breaking down in the middle of nowhere on a bus and having a voda data signal?
I think the chances are actually quite good, stop being so down on Voda.


















Edge is still a data signal
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Old 01-12-2016, 21:38
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Jon you are wright I should have waited until tonight.
But I think we need some perspective on this. There must have been something seriously wrong for it not to launch on time. Better done right than botched. They've most definitely planned this switch on for months and having to delay, after going public with launch dates, must have been EE's marketing department's absolute nightmare! They haven't intentionally misled their customers, they've done this at absolute last resort to prevent causing us connectivity issues. Hats off to them for putting quality over marketing advantage is what I say! Many companies would have done it the other way around.

Perhaps they should have got their ducks in a row and soft launched like they did with VoLTE before singing it from the rooftops, but I'm sure it's EE marketing department that got excited and wanted to announce prematurely.

Patience will be rewarded...
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