3G/4G availability

[Anonymous]

Can anyone tell me if there are plans to make 4G or even enhanced 3G more widely available? Had a 4G ready phone for over 3 months now, yet only been in an area once that I could put it to use. Most areas I seem to be in the South East gets 3G at best, enhanced if I'm lucky! Several areas still can't even get 3G.
When is this going to improve?

[jonsie]

I refer you to my earlier reply....:smileywink:

[Anonymous]

Oh
I called customer service and asked about 3g they didnt give me exact time but said they are upgrading masts soon....

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Oh
I called customer service and asked about 3g they didnt give me exact time but said they are upgrading masts soon....

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Question is...what do they mean by soon?? This year, next year...sometime, never....?

[MI5]

By the end of 2017

[Bambino]

If they posted specific timetables for the rollout and didn't meet the dates there would be even more complaints. So much easier for them to be vague about it or give no dates at all.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the prompt replies, so I wont hold my breath waiting!
Wouldn't mind so much waiting for 4G, but you would think by now 3G and enhanced 3G would be more widely available, or if O2 are not going to spend any more money on that, they would roll out 4G quicker!

[Bambino]

I just saw a Vodafone advert on the telly going on about how they now have 4G in 11 major cities. Doesn't say much for the rest of the country, considering that O2 and Vodafone now share masts.

[Anonymous]

No plans for any O2 or Voda 4G near me for at least the next 3 months.

At least the Vodafone coverage checker tell's you if there's any 4G coverage planned in the next 3 month's when you input a post code.

It does seem O2 & Voda are getting left behind on 4G.

Anyway im a happy EX O2 customer, I get excellent 4G service form Three.

[jonsie]

Vodafone show as upgrading my area in the next 3 months so fingers crossed then.

[jonsie]

Just checked my area again as the masts had further work on the 28th September:

Live results for Bolton, Bolton

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  Our network is currently working fine

  If we're doing work on the phone masts near you we'll tell you about it here.

  Updated 16:00 (refreshed hourly). Recent faults might not show yet.

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  Normal coverage for Voice, text and email (2G)

  Making calls, sending texts, using email on your phone.

  Good indoors and outdoors.
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  Normal coverage for Mobile internet and voice (3G)

  Fast networking. For smartphones, dongles and tablets.

  Good indoors and outdoors. Good for mobile broadband.
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  Normal coverage for Mobile Internet (4G)

  Seamless connectivity and mobile internet.

  OK outdoors. Patchy indoors. Not good for mobile broadband.

  All I need now is a 4G phone and tariff...