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EE 4G launch

adamtemp64 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:08:15 GMT

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19543042

At present the EE is only on 1800mhz so will have no indoor benifit over 3g 2100mhz

I see this all as hype until we see 4g on 800mhz for all networks the indoor benifit will not be seen. in fact 3g900mhz o2 use will be better indoors just slower than 4g 1800mhz.

Just my take on this.

Re: EE 4G launch

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:31:40 GMT

@adamtemp64 wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19543042

At present the EE is only on 1800mhz so will have no indoor benefit over 3g 2100mhz

I see this all as hype until we see 4g on 800mhz for all networks the indoor benefit will not be seen. In fact 3g900mhz o2 use will be better indoors just slower than 4g 1800mhz.

Just my take on this.

The thing is, will O2 get off their backside and roll out 3G900 quickly - my guess is no. Trying to get 3G when touring this summer has been a nightmare and yet EE seem to have managed to get to places that are only a dream for O2 users.

3G900 indoors? I wish. We have it but are too far from a usable mast. (Liverpool suburbs) My only hope is they start to use the local Vodafone mast soon.

Re: EE 4G launch

version7point0 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:26:39 GMT

Did I read correctly that top speed would be 21mbps?

Re: EE 4G launch

adamtemp64 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:33:31 GMT

not according to the bbc they have done a speed test and it was much higher http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19556014

Re: EE 4G launch

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:39:53 GMT

Of course, there would be very little loading on the test. Not "real world" as yet

Re: EE 4G launch

sheepdog — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:03:15 GMT

They were doing a similar test via some sort of tablets on the ITV lunchtime news. Wasn't convinced of the demo being a speed test type of thing and they were in some hillside in Cumbria by the mast which was probably the next unconvincing factor!

Re: EE 4G launch

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:12:19 GMT

@sheepdog wrote:
They were doing a similar test via some sort of tablets on the ITV lunchtime news. Wasn't convinced of the demo being a speed test type of thing and they were in some hillside in Cumbria by the mast which was probably the next unconvincing factor!

That wouldn't have occurred to Joe Public who now thinks he can geta downstream speed of 33Mbps 24/7/365

Re: EE 4G launch

sheepdog — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:18:42 GMT

I can imagine the posts already filling up the forum by the one-time posters....talking of which, shouldn't we have a FAQ entry of "When is o2 doing LTE"?

Re: EE 4G launch

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:42:14 GMT

@sheepdog wrote:
shouldn't we have a FAQ entry of "When is o2 doing LTE"?

Only if there's an answer

Re: EE 4G launch

adamtemp64 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:49:02 GMT

Answer is now as a trial in central london lol

Re: EE 4G launch

perksie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:36:40 GMT

@adamtemp64 wrote:
Answer is now as a trial in central london lol

O2 are good at trials, aren't they?

Re: EE 4G launch

jonsie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:50:16 GMT

If it's anything like the trial for O2 Connect it's probably 12 months away.

Re: EE 4G launch

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:56:09 GMT

From the conversation I had with an O2 tech help person the other week O2 are holding as much money back as possible ready to bid in the 4G auction, this is why O2 isnt offering piggy backed BT fibre optic home broadband, they wont release the money for it.

Re: EE 4G launch

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:39:33 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
From the conversation I had with an O2 tech help person the other week O2 are holding as much money back as possible ready to bid in the 4G auction, this is why O2 isnt offering piggy backed BT fibre optic home broadband, they wont release the money for it.

I'm sure that's wrong.

Depending on who tells the story, O2 spend between £1million and £1.5million each and every day on infrastructure improvements.

Re: EE 4G launch

anticpated — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:39:10 GMT

Hands up here who has a 4G capable handset? (And that doesn't include iPhone either).

Re: EE 4G launch

anticpated — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:41:47 GMT

On a sidenote, I did receive a HSPA+ signal whilst in Edinburgh which means they must be experimenting with faster speeds.

Re: EE 4G launch

perksie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:46:20 GMT

@anticpated wrote:
Hands up here who has a 4G capable handset? (And that doesn't include iPhone either).

I'm waiting for the squeals from those buying phones now only to find out that they won't work on 4G.

I also think there will be premium tariffs for this service only.

Re: EE 4G launch

anticpated — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:53:35 GMT

I don't think even if you imported an expensive 4G capable handset from the States it would work. :mantongue:

Re: EE 4G launch

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:28:26 GMT

I think I'm the only person not bothered about 4G. When I'm out an about its rare that I'm not connected to HSPDA and thats fast enough for what I use my phone for.

If I had a tablet PC that I use out and about then perhaps it would be a different story.

Re: EE 4G launch

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:51:51 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I think I'm the only person not bothered about 4G.

No you're not !