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o2 Network Investment

madasaf1sh — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:56:25 GMT

Looks like VMo2 are investing again in the network which to be honest at times is pants... Think it needs more then £700million quid spent on it...

https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/virgin-media-o2-to-supercharge-network-reliability-with-700m-mobile-transformation-plan/

Re: o2 Network Investment

Enlli — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:10:52 GMT

Saw it on ISPreview. I wonder if it will be a effective as £1million a day spent on improving Customer Services?

Re: o2 Network Investment

jonsie — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:50:40 GMT

I douby very much that we will see a vast improvement on an ailing network

Although @adamtemp64 did report on another thread that his area has been upgraded to 5G

Re: o2 Network Investment

madasaf1sh — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:39:31 GMT

To be fair we have 5G SA at home and near work, and going to do some live testing when I go to the office tomorrow, so will see what its likes.

What I have noticed is that a lot of EV Charging hubs seem to have brilliant coverage on o2 (a lot have fast 5G and even 5G SA )

Re: o2 Network Investment

Enlli — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:12:17 GMT

The question is not just is it SA or NSA but how it is implemented. The nearst 5G to me shows up as 700MHZ and runs slower than Vodafone's 4G in the same location

Re: o2 Network Investment

madasaf1sh — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:14:47 GMT

I know how it's implemented but here in Sheffield it's not bad

It's not that bad, this is at Ionity Sheffield using 5G NSA where as before it was poop

Re: o2 Network Investment

Oxonian — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:42:15 GMT

This is the ISP Review take on the news :-

Virgin Media O2 Invest £700m into UK 4G and 5G Mobile Upgrades for 2025 - ISPreview UK

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/03/virgin-media-o2-invest-700m-into-uk-4g-and-5g-mobile-upgrades-for-2025.html

It is long overdue. 👍