EE 4G launch

[adamtemp64]

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.

[Anonymous]

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@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.

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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.

[version7point0]

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

[adamtemp64]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[sheepdog]

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!

[Anonymous]

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@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!

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

[sheepdog]

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"?

[Anonymous]

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

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Only if there's an answer 

[adamtemp64]

Answer is now as a trial in central london lol