O2, where is your 4G in South West England & Wales?
on 03-09-2014 16:03
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on 03-09-2014 16:03
To date, 3rd September 2014, O2 still have NO 4G coverage in Wales, and only in villages surrounding Chippenham, Wiltshire in the South West of England. They've launched 4G in Bournemouth, but that's not exactly the "South West" like O2 are calling it. Bournemouth is the South/South Coast of England.
So, after a year of O2 4G being available, where is it? Big cities like Bristol, and Cardiff - the CAPITAL of Wales, still have NO 4G from O2. How much longer do they expect people to wait? Three have had 4G in Cardiff & Bristol since around February 2014, and EE have had 4G in Bristol & Cardiff since their network launched almost 2 years ago.
I was originally told last year by an O2 advisor that "4G would launch by the end of the year" (so by 31st December 2013). Someone else told me "March 2014", then it was "July 2014", then "we'll have it by September". It's now 3rd September. Where is it?
The thing is, 4G can't be coming anytime soon. I've searched for local council planning applications for new 4G masts. The local mast is on a street corner and looks like a streetlight. I've seen the new designs on the planning application - which was made in May, and there has been NO work on the mast whatsoever. Vodafone & O2 seem to be launching 4G together, and on Vodafone's coverage map, it says there will be no 4G upgrades in Bristol for at least the next 3 months.
Are we talking 2015 now? Or maybe even 2017 when O2 claim they'll have 98% coverage?
Are you there O2? If you are, where will you be launching 4G next? Networks such as Three have published a list of cities/towns, even villages, where they will launch 4G in 2014. Why can't you? Why are you keeping your customers in the dark about this?
O2 managed to set up a temporary 4G mast in Long Ashton, Bristol for the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. That was really quick to set up! (and remove!) So what's going on?
on 25-11-2014 18:24
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on 25-11-2014 18:24
It's new, used to only get around 5Mbps on 3G, if I was lucky. Realised at about 3pm that I had 4G signal, which lasted for only a couple of minutes. Then at about 4:30pm it came back and is still here, even when I restart my phone. Hopefully it's here to stay?
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on 26-11-2014 10:40
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on 26-11-2014 10:40
I'll check that out for you.
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on 26-11-2014 11:30
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on 26-11-2014 11:30
4G is activated in a few cell-sites in Cardiff and the plan is to cover the entire city over the coming weeks.
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on 26-11-2014 11:57
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on 26-11-2014 11:57
Good news then Toby. Hopefully @Anonymous doesn't travel far out of his current location
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on 26-11-2014 11:58
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on 26-11-2014 11:58
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on 26-11-2014 12:18
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on 26-11-2014 12:33
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on 26-11-2014 12:33
@Anonymous wrote:
Now there is an innovation @MI5
No one more surprised than me, mate
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on 26-11-2014 13:28
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on 29-11-2014 14:46
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on 29-11-2014 14:46
@Anonymous wrote:
Currently connected to 4G at Heath High Level train station, Cardiff. 24.25 download; 5.24 upload.
Best stay where you are then taff_2000. You have found the elusive 4G
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