topic Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2? in Pay Monthly

When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

evantkh — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:28:39 GMT

When will I get 100% LTE on O2 without the need to fall back on 3G?

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:41:53 GMT

Most likely never as you will never get 100% coverage anywhere. It's stated in the t&c

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

adamtemp64 — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:14:28 GMT

O2's obligation is only 98 % of populated areas as per the ofcom sale full technecial details here http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/award-800mhz/statement/4GCov-verification.pdf

P.s. until volte is adopted you will always need a fallback to 3g / 2G

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Bambino — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:22:27 GMT

Mobile phone service is not an exact science. No network will ever offer 100% LTE. You could be getting full LTE, take two steps to your left and only get 2G. Anyone looking for 100% LTE all the time is living in a fantasy world.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

evantkh — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:16:44 GMT

I am not talking about 100% coverage with respect to land and/or population. I am talking about being able to solely use LTE in all places that O2 provides any mobile coverage without running into a major problem like cannot make calls.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

evantkh — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:20:49 GMT

@Bambino wrote:
Mobile phone service is not an exact science. No network will ever offer 100% LTE. You could be getting full LTE, take two steps to your left and only get 2G. Anyone looking for 100% LTE all the time is living in a fantasy world.

100% LTE does happen in South Korea where LG U+ which is a CDMA carrier offering phones of their variant without CDMA support.

The only problem is time.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:25:16 GMT

This is Britain we are talking about. If South Korea has it. Doesn't necessarily mean Britain or any other country will get it

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Bambino — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:25:54 GMT

@evantkh wrote:
@Bambino wrote:
Mobile phone service is not an exact science. No network will ever offer 100% LTE. You could be getting full LTE, take two steps to your left and only get 2G. Anyone looking for 100% LTE all the time is living in a fantasy world.
100% LTE does happen in South Korea where LG U+ which is a CDMA carrier offering phones of their variant without CDMA support.

The only problem is time.

Read your Terms & Conditions. When I say no network, I'm referring to networks in the UK. In case you weren't aware, we're not in South Korea. If things are so much better there, go there.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

evantkh — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:33:59 GMT

Again, I am talking about when will O2 finish its coverage obligation and support VoLTE in which there is no need to fall back on 3G in those areas.

I am not talking about any current coverage.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:38:48 GMT

Re read @adamtemp64 post only 98% obligation

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

evantkh — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:43:23 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Re read @adamtemp64 post only 98% obligation

Again, I am not talking about 100% with respect to land and/or places. I am talking about the ability to solely use LTE without a problem in obligated coverage area.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Bambino — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:43:55 GMT

@evantkh wrote:
Again, I am talking about when will O2 finish its coverage obligation and support VoLTE in which there is no need to fall back on 3G in those areas.

I am not talking about any current coverage.

No you're not. You're constantly banging on about how much better things are in South Korea, which no one actually cares about. Read the link that @adamtemp64 posted. O2's obligation is to provide 98% 4G coverage by December 31, 2017. Not VoLTE. 4G. That's it. End of.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

evantkh — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:45:51 GMT

@Bambino wrote:
@evantkh wrote:
Again, I am talking about when will O2 finish its coverage obligation and support VoLTE in which there is no need to fall back on 3G in those areas.

I am not talking about any current coverage.
No you're not. You're constantly banging on about how much better things are in South Korea, which no one actually cares about. Read the link that @adamtemp64 posted. O2's obligation is to provide 98% 4G coverage by December 31, 2017. Not VoLTE. 4G. That's it. End of.

I think you are misunderstanding something about LTE.

VoLTE(more generally IMS) is a part of specification of LTE. CSFB on 3G is intended for transition only.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Beenherebefore — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:49:32 GMT

@evantkh wrote:
Again, I am talking about when will O2 finish its coverage obligation and support VoLTE in which there is no need to fall back on 3G in those areas.

I am not talking about any current coverage.

I believe that only 3 offers VoLTE and that is in limited areas

http://www.4g.co.uk/what-is-volte/

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:51:17 GMT

There is no obligation for LTE so if that ever occurs then you can argue about but this should stop now because LTE is not on the horizon

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

evantkh — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:58:35 GMT

@Beenherebefore wrote:
@evantkh wrote:
Again, I am talking about when will O2 finish its coverage obligation and support VoLTE in which there is no need to fall back on 3G in those areas.

I am not talking about any current coverage.
I believe that only 3 offers VoLTE and that is in limited areas

http://www.4g.co.uk/what-is-volte/

Actually, EE also has VoLTE currently in some cities.

I am not actually complaining on anything on O2 network, just want to know what level of service I can expect after a certain period of time such as when I will see nationalwide(in obliged coverage area) VoLTE on O2.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:02:12 GMT

Go to EE then. You have slightly contradicted yourself. You are complaining. As I have said before o2 don't give out timeframes so it's pointless asking

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

evantkh — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:18:21 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Go to EE then. You have slightly contradicted yourself. You are complaining. As I have said before o2 don't give out timeframes so it's pointless asking

No one can currently rely solely on LTE at this moment in UK. I am also not expected on this currently. I am only talking about future.

I agree that there is no announcement from O2 about the exact time for rolling out VoLTE.

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

Beenherebefore — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:29:13 GMT

@evantkh wrote:
I agree that there is no announcement from O2 about the exact time for rolling out VoLTE.

But that was your question !!!!!!!!

"When will I get 100% LTE on O2 without the need to fall back on 3G?"

"I am talking about when will O2 finish its coverage obligation and support VoLTE in which there is no need to fall back on 3G in those areas."

If O2 don't know how the heck do you expect us to know ?

Re: When will I get 100% LTE on O2?

viridis — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:47:15 GMT

This user seem to have real issues with the o2 network and all its intricacies.
If it's not some random game not working it's not happy with fallback to 3g.