Why is O2's 4G Data SO LOUSY????

[DinoF]

Yep, me again, complaining about O2's ridiculius 4G coverage EVERYWHERE!!!!

Normally, I'd be saying its VERY poor at London Bridge rail station (well, actually, it STILL is) however, these last few months, its literally VERY POOR EVERYWHERE..........:smileysad:

Main areas I am talking about:

• London Bridge Rail Station - 4G is pretty much non existant. 4G typically has 2-3 bars wheras 3G has a full 5 bars and 3G is actually more than twice as fast loading apps/websites.
• In my office, near Canon Street - post code EC4N 8AD  (where I sit next to window, so this should not make ANY difference). 4G gets 1 to 2 bars of service, 3G gets a FULL 5 bars.3G is more than twice the speed of 4G.
• At Sanderstead Rail station - 4G gets 1 to 2 bars of service, 3G gets a FULL 5 bars and again, is more than twice as fast as 4G.

Its EVERYWHERE - 4G is ridiculous........... so much so, that I have decided to just leave my iPhone 6, connected via 3G ALL THE TIME (there are options to switch from 3G to 4G and vice versa) purely because its MUCH MUCH faster, browsing app and websites than 4G.

4G?

No thank you - its utterly broken.

[Beenherebefore]

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@DinoF wrote:

It is weird though as when I go down to the coast to see relatives (Bexhill-On-Sea), I can stand on the beach and my 4G there is lighnting fast  - almost as quick as wifi!!!!  As soon as i come back to muy area (South London), it just grinds to a halt!!!!

Too many users - leave some 4G for me please!!!!

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Fewer tourists hogging it !!

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I never have any problems with 4G anywhere but I'm guessing as its London the network will be congested so not exactly o2 fault 

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Well they are responsible for providing the infrastructure so they should ensure it can handle the capacity.

[DinoF]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

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@DinoF wrote:

It is weird though as when I go down to the coast to see relatives (Bexhill-On-Sea), I can stand on the beach and my 4G there is lighnting fast  - almost as quick as wifi!!!!  As soon as i come back to muy area (South London), it just grinds to a halt!!!!

Too many users - leave some 4G for me please!!!!

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Fewer tourists hogging it !!

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..blimmin tourists!!!!!

[jonsie]

It will be all our Oriental friends taking photos of everything and sending them back home.......

[adamtemp64]

My experiance as a rural user is the opposite (when in 4g) I even used it as a stop gap for adsl whilst openreach connected my flat to my slow 4mb rural broadband had 10mb 4g with my dongle (but as plusnet adsl was free for 18 months unlimited 4g too expensive at 25gb for £20 dongle sim)

Yes my signature still says 2g but that is all the phone will latch on to as dongle has an external antenna.

[DinoF]

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@jonsie wrote:

It will be all our Oriental friends taking photos of everything and sending them back home.......

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[DinoF]

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@adamtemp64 wrote:

My experiance as a rural user is the opposite (when in 4g) I even used it as a stop gap for adsl whilst openreach connected my flat to my slow 4mb rural broadband had 10mb 4g with my dongle (but as plusnet adsl was free for 18 months unlimited 4g too expensive at 25gb for £20 dongle sim)

Yes my signature still says 2g but that is all the phone will latch on to as dongle has an external antenna.

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..totally off topic but a CPFC badge I see?! Nice one.

[adamtemp64]

@DinoF yes cpfc a thornton heath lad.

But Back on topic near yeolvilton I regularly see 60mb plus 4g but getting 10mb at home was impressive from a mast some 8 miles away

[Anonymous]

More and more I hear about O2’s data. 4G wasn’t (and still isn’t available in my area) but the 3G speeds I got were shocking and unusable most of the time. In the end up I had to switch networks.

With the network I moved to I get excellent 3G & 4G coverage and speeds. The 4G speeds I get (I’m on double speed 4G) are faster than the landline fibre broadband I have at home. I can stream video, music effortlessly now. Most of my friends are on O2 and all of them complain about the appalling speeds and data coverage in our area. All of them are planning on moving to the network I moved to after leaving O2, once their contracts are up.

It’s been mentioned before, but it seems that parts of O2’s network are oversubscribed and there is not enough capacity. Little comfort for the people on that network.

[sheepdog]

3G, 4G.... I'm still get GPRS occassionaly if its not windy where I live but I have spotted 3G when the weather is good for a short while.Though 4G is only 7 miles away they still haven't upgraded the two masts I live between yet. And the other networks are just as eratic.