In case you were wondering why your phone signal has suddenly got worse…

[Doing it for the kids]

Whilst I was vaguely aware of mobile industry changes it’s now a very real headache.

Vodafone in their bid to lead the way are shutting down 3G at speed. Others are pledging to do similar so they can ‘reinvest in 4 and 5g’

The result is call dropping in most places now round us.

O2 say they will be the last to do so, so now looking to move everyone across.

Same old story, give better speeds to the mass urbanites and ignore us. Instead of grabbing the 4g rope firmly before letting the 3G go, they are dumping it before 4g is improved

 

[Agri-WMH]

I’m with 02 and signal has been horrendous for me for the past 3-4 weeks, it’s at the point I’m missing the vast majority of calls, it doesn’t even ring, I simply get a text saying I’ve had a missed call

 

[Clive]

EE are terrible now locally - my phone often says 4 or even 5g but still drops calls

it's harder to make a mobile call here than it was 20 yrs ago

I live in a pretty populated area as well !

 

[glow worm]

I’m with 02 and signal has been horrendous for me for the past 3-4 weeks, it’s at the point I’m missing the vast majority of calls, it doesn’t even ring, I simply get a text saying I’ve had a missed call

Snap

 

[Agri-WMH]

EE are terrible now locally - my phone often says 4 or even 5g but still drops calls

it's harder to make a mobile call here than it was 20 yrs ago

I live in a pretty populated area as well !

Most of my work is rural so I usually expect bad signal out and about, but I live near Hereford train station and struggle to get 4g signal in the house and garden

 

[Doing it for the kids]

it doesn't help that most phones are programmed to jump to the highest number - ie 5g, even if it has 1 bar when 4g was 4 bar.

its a shame we cant differentiate between phone calls and data. both are important for business on the move but calls are vital

 

[jh.]

How does that leave autosteer tractors using 3g as I don't think they can go up to 4g ?

 

[delilah]

it doesn't help that most phones are programmed to jump to the highest number - ie 5g, even if it has 1 bar when 4g was 4 bar.

I guess that will explain why my non-smart burner phone is as good a signal as ever then, it isn't trying to find 5g .

 

[fredf]

EE are terrible now locally - my phone often says 4 or even 5g but still drops calls

it's harder to make a mobile call here than it was 20 yrs ago

I live in a pretty populated area as well !

In Darlington EE Headquarters there is a very bad phone signal a friend could not get a good reception so changed to Vodaphone.

Tom

 

[Sharpy]

Do none of you guys turn off data calling?

 

[Kevtherev]

EE are terrible now locally - my phone often says 4 or even 5g but still drops calls

it's harder to make a mobile call here than it was 20 yrs ago

I live in a pretty populated area as well !

EE is exactly same here halfway through a call it cuts out!!
Very frustrating

 

[Kevtherev]

It’s sometimes easier now to call via WhatsApp using 4G

 

[neilo]

EE is exactly same here halfway through a call it cuts out!!
Very frustrating

There is planning in for a new Vodafone mast in one of our fields, so we'll likely have a great Vodafone signal all over the farm. No Vodafone signal anywhere to the West of us of course, but I'll be able to use my mobile phone as long as I don't try to be too mobile...

 

[Kevtherev]

There is planning in for a new Vodafone mast in one of our fields, so we'll likely have a great Vodafone signal all over the farm. No Vodafone signal anywhere to the West of us of course, but I'll be able to use my mobile phone as long as I don't try to be too mobile...

Have to go back to pocket of change or coins in ashtray find a phone box to order load of stone etc

 

[BrianV]

O2 now rubbish around here also, makes you want to cry when you go abroad & get used to having a good service then you come back to UK crap, world leaders was Bozo's boast much more like a bad joke.

 

[MrNoo]

I’m with 02 and signal has been horrendous for me for the past 3-4 weeks, it’s at the point I’m missing the vast majority of calls, it doesn’t even ring, I simply get a text saying I’ve had a missed call

Snap, just in the last 3-4 weeks too, god knows what they’ve done. Stream everything from 4g on my phone and hotspot for t’internet. Not available at the moment.

 

[steveR]

It’s sometimes easier now to call via WhatsApp using 4G

Madness....

 

[bobk]

Well ... folk expect good service for sick squid a month , get real

 

[spark plug]

I’ve apparently had a 5G capable phone for years, never seen 5G yet despite living within a 20mile radius of 4 city’s.

 

[Northern territory]

Phone signal as crap as it has been for years, I don’t even find streaming is any better with 5g just like 4 g wasn’t