3G-4G Network Improved, on going improvements

[darrengf]

How you know I like to write reviews, but this one is more of a observation than anything.

As most of us on here know how dire o2 3G network was, when o2 was announced, I just was hoping that o2 didn't go down the same route and end up with again poor 4G. O2 then suppressed us by buying the 4G chunk that has to have 98% of the U.K Population covered by 2017.

However over the last year or so, I've seen huge gains of 4G in both cities and countryside where I live, but I recently is where I was really impressed was on my travel to London.

So I will explain.

I travel to London either with business or pleasure couple of times a year,  Always have my three Mifi when on train as it's normally impossible to use either my laptop or phone with o2.  

Two weeks ago that change and oh my god.  My Three MIFI stayed in bag and I tethered all the way from Chesterfield to London on the train.  

I was able to work, connect over VPN, use the system and even my work friend connected on my phone as well.  I did loose 4G when leaving the main cities etc, but I then got and kept 3G. Wow. Impressed I was, but the speed was good too.

this is the first ever time I used my o2 for everything and left my Three MIFI in the bag.  

Now there were a few places I went to 2G. One of them being in a tunnel, and one of them was in the middle of know where, but in fairness to o2, it still carried on working and as soon as 3G was found, it moved back,  

If I have one gripe, would be that the o2 network when I was in London and traveling round London, no matter where I went, it was creaking under pressure and very slow at times. So still work needs to be done there I suppose due to the volume of people using the network. 

http://www.4g.co.uk/4g-news/operators/4g-falters-in-london_300116662.html

I would have to agree with the above web Review and say o2 in London is not great.  signal was superb, but Data is very slow and some what unreliable at times 

But it's great to see that it's getting much better else where.  I know there are loads of places that o2 is still poor, but to me for a 200+ mile trip, it's a start

[Cleoriff]

HD Moooooovies indeed @darrengf

[darrengf]

Sorry couldn't resist.

See before the sheep🐏 had to make the Mooovies and could happy milk it as much as possible,  but now with super fast 4G the Cows can watch there own moooovies as they thought the sheep ones were Baaaa rubbish lol.

just shows you though how fast o2 4G is mooooving along. 😇

Thats it from me now lol.  I'm all out of Moo and Baa jokes lol

[Cleoriff]

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@darrengf wrote:

Sorry couldn't resist.

See before the sheep🐏 had to make the Mooovies and could happy milk it as much as possible,  but now with super fast 4G the Cows can watch there own moooovies as they thought the sheep ones were Baaaa rubbish lol.

just shows you though how fast o2 4G is mooooving along. 😇

Thats it from me now lol.  I'm all out of Moo and Baa jokes lol

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Nice seeing you back anyway @darrengf

[darrengf]

Thanks @Cleoriff

@always feels part of a family being on here. 😀