4G

[willy]

anyone notice that their 4G is no where near as good as it was.

 

[possumbility]

struggle with 2g

 

[Tarw Coch]

Dunno, what is the purpose of 4G what does it mean, what does it do?
If it’s owt to do with faster internet, better reception etc then it’s shyte, I’m sure it’s getting worse.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Well I certainly notice when I go from 4g to 3G

 

[feilding]

As long as you can receive or make calls why does it matter, EE can't even do that now, O2 has improved to a point that it works everywhere, (I go ). My phone is duel SIM, got O2 and EE Sims in it,. But EE is unusable now , and not just me , common problem I hear.

 

[linga]

As long as you can receive or make calls why does it matter, EE can't even do that now, O2 has improved to a point that it works everywhere, (I go ). My phone is duel SIM, got O2 and EE Sims in it,. But EE is unusable now , and not just me , common problem I hear.

Hasnt EE been taken over by BT now. Maybe that has something to do with it !

 

[neilo]

anyone notice that their 4G is no where near as good as it was.

Most phones will be using the 4G network (where available) now, so the bandwidth is shared between more users. The 3G network will have less phones sharing the band width now, so should be better than it was a year or so ago.
4G will likely get better as 5G is rolled out, as al the ‘must have the latest phone’ lot move over.

 

[Bald Rick]

anyone notice that their 4G is no where near as good as it was.

It's the Chinese.

 

[farmerm]

Double the speed, halve the range... there simply are not enough masts to give proper 4G coverage.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

anyone notice that their 4G is no where near as good as it was.

Possibly a bit of a difference in download speed, but overall not really much different to when I started using it for broadband 2014.

A lot depends on how congested/used your local mast is, time of day etc. etc. There’s definitely a whole lot more people using it now.

 

[Boysground]

It’s getting better here. I get 4G in fields where a couple of years ago I couldn’t make a call on any network.

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[Farfrae]

It's people like me stuck down a remote valley who are probably not helping by using it for streaming Netflix etc. No sign of fibre Broadband despite promises from the Welsh government that we'd all be conncted by now.

So whilst I have no 4G signal inside the house an external 4g aerial and a secondhand Ebay 4g router (with a £20 pay monthly unlimited data phone card) means that I can now get a consistent 50Mbs (or more)

 

[twizzel]

I struggle to get phone signal in some places on the farm let alone 4G

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

It's people like me stuck down a remote valley who are probably not helping by using it for streaming Netflix etc. No sign of fibre Broadband despite promises from the Welsh government that we'd all be conncted by now.

So whilst I have no 4G signal inside the house an external 4g aerial and a secondhand Ebay 4g router (with a £20 pay monthly unlimited data phone card) means that I can now get a consistent 50Mbs (or more)

That’s pretty good. You could probably get better upload speed with a better gain (directional) antenna aimed at the mast. But does it matter, your download is fine. Ping a little high, but not concerning. You could run VoIP over that fine.

 

[Farfrae]

That’s pretty good. You could probably get better upload speed with a better gain (directional) antenna aimed at the mast. But does it matter, your download is fine. Ping a little high, but not concerning. You could run VoIP over that fine.

It is a directional aerial as there is only one mast to get a signal from 8 miles away.

Edit: Said aerial

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

It is a directional aerial as there is only one mast to get a signal from 8 miles away.

Yeah 8 miles is good going.

 

[Boysground]

It's people like me stuck down a remote valley who are probably not helping by using it for streaming Netflix etc. No sign of fibre Broadband despite promises from the Welsh government that we'd all be conncted by now.

So whilst I have no 4G signal inside the house an external 4g aerial and a secondhand Ebay 4g router (with a £20 pay monthly unlimited data phone card) means that I can now get a consistent 50Mbs (or more)

Thats impressive. My FTTP runs at 70Mbs, copper being disconnected today will be VOIP only.

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[Pheasant Surprise]

Thats impressive. My FTTP runs at 70Mbs, copper being disconnected today will be VOIP only.

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Copper (FTTC) or FTTP (real actual fibre into your premises)?

 

[Boysground]

Real actual fibre. I can get 300Mbs but as there’s no gamers in the house I didn’t bother.

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[Pheasant Surprise]

Real actual fibre. I can get 300Mbs but as there’s no gamers in the house I didn’t bother.

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I see. You’ve just got the volume turned down!