on 05-11-2014 06:02
I've been otherwised engaged for a while so my apologies if this has been reported on.
Personally, whilst the theory is good I have doubts as to when or if something will finally be done.....
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29897202
The government plans to oblige mobile operators to improve their coverage, possibly by sharing rivals' networks. Partial 'notspots', where there is coverage from some but not all of the mobile networks, affected a fifth of the UK, leaving people unable to make calls or send texts, it said. One possible solution would see people transferred to rival networks when they lose signal. But experts are not convinced this would work
on 05-11-2014 06:41
on 05-11-2014 06:41
on 05-11-2014 06:54
on 05-11-2014 07:46
on 05-11-2014 07:46
@Anonymous wrote:
If mast sharing has started already between O2 and Vodafone, I haven't noticed any improvements yet!
At the moment under the project, they share masts but are responsible for installing and maintaining their own transmitters so there is minimal advantage at the momeny, only the fact that there may be a mast alraedy in a location now where O2 have poor coverage
on 05-11-2014 08:15
on 05-11-2014 08:15
Hi @jonsie
Yes this has just made BBC news this morning...I thought I would post it but you got there first..:smileywink:
It certainly sounds as if this may be a fairer deal for all us poor customers...
Only going on what I listened to on the TV...it was stated that networks are going to be forced to allow switching by customers between networks...so they get better coverage.
Of course the top networks are saying 'they are not sure this will work'... A comment I suppose, I would fully expect them to make....
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05-11-2014 10:55 - edited 05-11-2014 10:57
05-11-2014 10:55 - edited 05-11-2014 10:57
It sounds like a good idea but in practice, they'll simply charge eachother and the costs will come to us either through special bolt-on tarrifs or more likely, front-loaded onto all tarrifs.
Thinking outside the box, wouldn't it make better sense to wrestle the core mobile network and ALL its masts away from the operators, separate the network from the carriers? That way, we get the best possible coverge wherever possible and it would blow open the competition against the big 4 carriers.
on 05-11-2014 11:06
on 05-11-2014 11:06
on 05-11-2014 11:14
on 05-11-2014 11:14
Excellent idea @MI5 However...wouldn't this involve a lot of sim swapping if you only had one phone to play with?
My friend who lives in Spain has two phones. One for the UK when she visits (with an O2 sim in)...One for Spain with a movistar sim in......
I am sure she would have loved to have some compatibility.... having two phones....
A sort of reciprocal agreement as it were....
Veritas Numquam Perit
05-11-2014 11:39 - edited 05-11-2014 11:40
05-11-2014 11:39 - edited 05-11-2014 11:40
Yes, indeed, a cheapo sim free phone would do for the EU sim or one of the many dual sim android phones that are available these days.
Once all your contacts had the new number as "backup" you could keep on using it for cheaper calls when you were abroad too - Ideal for you if you used your MoviStar sim all the time
Once all roaming charges are abolished by the end of 2015 everyone will be doing it unless the big 4 UK networks get their act together to provide some kind of raoming agreements......
on 05-11-2014 12:02
on 05-11-2014 12:02
@MI5 wrote:Yes, indeed, a cheapo sim free phone would do for the EU sim or one of the many dual sim android phones that are available these days.
Once all your contacts had the new number as "backup" you could keep on using it for cheaper calls when you were abroad too - Ideal for you if you used your MoviStar sim all the timeOnce all roaming charges are abolished by the end of 2015 everyone will be doing it unless the big 4 UK networks get their act together to provide some kind of raoming agreements......
Ok....So...still on topic I think...will my new Note 3 have dual sim capability? (I know about travel abroad as you can see... a litte less about mobile phones)
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