Does 4g exist

[Boysground]

This afternoon my wife and I were waiting for a daughter to arrive in a car park. We were both on phones both with O2 contracts. How does my wife's rubbish Nokia windows phone get 4g and at the same time my s5 not. Before you suggest it I did check and it was turned on and we do have 4 g contracts.

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[Kidds]

I get 4G if I am in Manchester or Liverpool ie. big cities.
In Australia where I tend to be well away from habitation never mind cities, it is unusual not to get 4G.
iPhone 5S

Doesn't seem any quicker to me anyway.

 

[Boysground]

This was Salisbury. Just seemed odd that we were sat next to each other and not getting the same signal.

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[Badshot]

Some phones are better at getting signal than others. My Sony experia is massively better than my standby alcatel.

 

[Clive]

4g coverage is pretty good around me - get it over most of the farm now

 

[Kidds]

Remember that first time nobody could get an O2 signal?
I had nothing and my mate sat beside me in the car who was also with O2 had full signal.
No reasoning to it.

 

[Boysground]

4g coverage is pretty good around me - get it over most of the farm now

no 4g on the farm from o2 yet or 3g. Apparently EE is fairly good now one of my projects is to find out how good.

BG

 

[Kidds]

I find Three very good. My advice would be to get a PAYG sim and find whatever one is best for you.

 

[Boysground]

I find Three very good. My advice would be to get a PAYG sim and find whatever one is best for you.

That's the plan. Not very long ago o2 was the only network worth considering here but the others have invested in the area and there does seem to be some competition. we are not helped by having the army as our neighbours, very few masts on Salisbury Plain does not help reception.

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[Kidds]

Same here regarding O2. Was with them for many years, weren't they called Cellnet back then?
After they had that day of no signal they never recovered it seems. Signal is very poor and unreliable. Three isn't perfect but it suits me, it means I almost always have internet.

Biggest help is a Three mast on one of our farms, can be miles away and still see it. 12meg internet if I can see it, even 5 miles away.

 

[Boysground]

12 meg is only a dream here. We may see superfast broadband sometime next year. 1.4 meg as I type.

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[An Gof]

Was a piece on the radio last week that said 90% of people could get 4G.
I was amazed, we can't even get a decent phone signal here

 

[Old Boar]

To get simple 2G, I have to go outside and stand in a certain spot. I get a message "no signal available" over most of the farm. Only EE here, all the rest admit they do not cover this area. "Broadband" is usually less than 0.5mg, which technically is not broadband.
So why do I get calls all the time, mostly from BT, offering me Superfast broadband? I always say Yes, I will have that, and then they check my line and sort of go quiet....

 

[Kidds]

Was a piece on the radio last week that said 90% of people could get 4G.
I was amazed, we can't even get a decent phone signal here

What they don't tell you is that 90% of people live or work in big towns and cities. You can get 4G there.
99% of farmers probably can't get 4G.

 

[An Gof]

What they don't tell you is that 90% of people live or work in big towns and cities. You can get 4G there.
99% of farmers probably can't get 4G.

Ah yes, the famous "lies, damned lies and statistics"

 

[Hilly]

4g coverage is pretty good around me - get it over most of the farm now

You wouldn't last long here, Jedburgh got 3g last week, but been over 10 miles out of jedburgh I don't even get phone signal letalone 3g and 4g is nothing but a pipe dream !!

 

[Ducati899]

had 4G in most of north dorset for over a year now on vodafone and it knocks spots of my home broadband

 

[Kidds]

3G knocks spots off my home broadband.

 

[Paulreade]

Yes, it exists

 

[Boysground]

Yes, it exists

I think it is a figment of your imagination I cant find it