on 06-05-2014 15:07
Getting a 4G signal in Belfast (BT4) Stormont area. Hope it's not just for the Giro D'Italia to fool the visiting media.
on 05-06-2014 21:54
on 05-06-2014 21:54
on 05-06-2014 22:13
An interesting theory @Anonymous - it would at least be a mini-step in the right direction.
Gerry
on 05-06-2014 22:27
on 05-06-2014 22:27
on 05-06-2014 22:38
on 05-06-2014 22:38
on 06-06-2014 10:32
I've taken my EE temporary SIM to work with me and can't believe how strong the signal is. Calls are rock solid, no breaking up, no dropped calls, I've full signal constantly and 4G at my desk in work when I'm not on works wifi, with O2 I can't even get a 3G signal in most places around the town and my signal strength is always 2 or 3 bars. Texting them looking balance, number or other information is unbelievable, you receive your info before the message you have sent is confirmed as sent by the phone. It's lightening fast.
O2 are a great network to be on as everyone I know is and that means free calls and texts to everyone, but I can't believe that their network is so shoddy, especially here, which means I've been forced to move elsewhere and I'm glad I have. A much better network it seems and with the pay monthly deal I currently have, I don't have to worry about phone calls/texts costing me to O2 (and they shouldn't cost my O2 friends anything either) so there's no need to be on the same network any more really. The grass really is greener in this instance!
on 06-06-2014 14:04
Wow @Anonymous - That certainly is a ringing endorsement for 4G - I can't wait for it to arrive in this neck of the woods. Unfortunately I am tied to O2 for a while yet - us poor pensioners cannot afford more than one phone and/or contract at a time. Cue violins.........
Glad you are enjoying 4G.
Gerry
on 10-06-2014 22:33
Paddy-Campbell that sounds great about EE and as an occassional visitor to Bangor I guess I will have to unlock my phone and take an EE sim.
on 14-06-2014 17:44
Was near Lisburn Town (sorry, City) Centre this afternoon and my Galaxy S4 indicated 4G signal for the first time. Ookla Speedtest reported 14.11Mbps download and 5.64Mbps upload - not the head-spinning performance I was expecting bearing in mind all the hype there has been about 4G.
Have now returned home (about one mile from where the 4G was detected) to find that although there is an O2 mast about 280 yards away (as the Rook flies) 4G has not yet managed to wend its way here and download speed has now reverted to the more normal level of 0.66Mbps.
Gerry
on 14-06-2014 17:48
on 14-06-2014 17:48
on 14-06-2014 18:02
Hi @Anonymous - be careful climbing that ladder!
I am sure a lot of testing has to be carried out and all will be well in due course. Patience never was high up my list of virtues.
Gerry
("I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.")