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The Grim Reaper
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 08:12:09 » |
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Well only if you're a Vodafone customer. Are any of the other networks 4g ready yet in Swindon? Three told me last October then it was end of March now it's end of May. Be interesting to see if many people switch networks.
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 10:12:41 » |
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Well only if you're a Vodafone customer.
Only if you're a Voda customer prepared to pay through the nose for being able to stream video when you're walking down the street, if it's that important to you. And if the experience with Orange is anything to go by, if you're a Voda customer on normal 3G, watch the network performance go down the toilet. |
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 10:31:05 » |
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The performance of Orange 3G isnt directly related to the EE 4G being introduced. As part of the merger between Orange & TMobile, they have been undertaking a massive site consolidation project on both 2G & 3G, getting rid of loads of duplicate sites etc. If your 3G performance has dropped, its more likely due to that, ie your closest site may have been de-commissioned or maybe there are more people trying to access the same site now.
People who have used 4G on EE have been very impressed with the speed, but as you say, for most people, its more a gimick at the moment (unless you are using it to replace or improve on home broadband). One friend of mine, only actually uses 4G to check data speeds over 4G and show off to his mates !
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LucienSanchez
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 10:51:55 » |
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I get 4g on O2 in a fair few places around town. It's quite fast whenever I use it.
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 11:50:15 » |
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Our 4G network is very good actually. Fastest of them all
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 12:48:24 » |
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, if you're a Voda customer on normal 3G...
Then you are bloody lucky. Voda's 3g coverage is patchier than a patchwork quilt that's been patched up to repair the patches. |
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 12:56:14 » |
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Good news indeed, I'm due a new phone on the 1st!
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Fuck you Leggett, fuck you.
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 13:16:57 » |
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Then you are bloody lucky. Voda's 3g coverage is patchier than a patchwork quilt that's been patched up to repair the patches.
Yep it's got worse. Ollie - Can I change my plan to a 4G package without resetting my contract? Just don't want to scupper the upgrade date further down the line.. |
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herthab
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 13:18:43 » |
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Our 4G network is very good actually. Fastest of them all
EE has the fastest. Vodaphone and O2 aren't far behind though. Don't listen to your masters, they are lying to you... |
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The Grim Reaper
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 17:38:28 » |
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Have now been told that Three 4G in Swindon not available until late 2014 and that Three and EE have an agreement in place blah blah blah. Was also reminded that 3G from Three is the fastest 3G out of all the networks so consider it 3.5G or H+ as he called it. Think I was fobbed off ;-)
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 17:52:15 » |
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To be fair Three's 3G is pretty good. Do you even need LTE now? Aren't three offering LTE without change of contract (when it arrives)?
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 18:37:45 » |
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I live out in the sticks and get about 50 meg download on 4G. My broadband peaks at 11.
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Peter Venkman
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Back Off Man, I’m A Scientist.
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 18:47:33 » |
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We can't even get 3G in deepest darkest Somerset  |
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 18:48:09 » |
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The wonders of a lightly loaded cell  Good example though. But aren't 4G costs a bit prohibitive of using it to replace your home broadband? |
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