topic Re: No 3G in Pay Monthly

No 3G

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:37:23 GMT

Having recently moved to Lancaster University, I've been disappointed to discover that there's no 3G on campus, despite the O2 service checker saying otherwise. All of my friends on O2 are having the same issue (just E rather than 3G or 3G+). It's so slow that I couldn't use up all of my data allowance in a month if I tried, and given that EE are rolling out 4G now, I wonder whether this is going to be improved in the immediate future. If not, I'm going to have to move networks.

Are there any plans to fix this?

Re: No 3G

MI5 — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:47:41 GMT

You need to report the issue to CS in case thay are not aware of an issue. Do you get 3g outdoors?

Re: No 3G

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:27:41 GMT

No, no 3G outdoors either. I'll give them a call...

Re: No 3G

adamtemp64 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:31:37 GMT

http://status.o2.co.uk says there is a mast issue

Live results for Lancaster University

Sorry a phone mast in this area isn't working
This means your service might come and go until we fix it.
Updated 16:00 (refreshed hourly). Recent faults might not show yet.

Re: No 3G

adamtemp64 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:42:11 GMT

Also looking at the coverage checker and sitefinder http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/search

The o2 mast is off campus and as it will be a busy 3g 2100 cell the cell reduces in size also states not good for mobile broadband (indoor or out).

Note from site finder some operators are on campus and may offer better coverage