O2 4G YORK

[Anonymous]

Just realised my phone is showing 4G connection, I checked O2's coverage checker and there isn't anything listed about the roll out yet, I knew it was already live in Leeds but could not find anything regarding York.

Can anyone confirm if it has indeed gone live now?  (YORK area) 

Thanks,

Mark

[Anonymous]

Just a little update on this. My signal has gone from 1 bar with 4G to full 5 bars with 4G connection (showing as LTE in mobile status etc)  Managed to record a 48 meg download speed a couple of times earlier - It seems if o2 are testing, then it's fully functional in and around York.

/Mark

[MI5]

Exciting news
Sounds like they are doing the final tweaks....

[Anonymous]

Remember carrying out speed checks eats around 40mb to 50mb of your data allowance

However , Exciting news for you.

[Anonymous]

Yup, been rarely using my data lately due to quite a poor data reception, So I still have 4.3GB or so left til month end. Now 4G is working... that may indeed change

It's good to actually see good speed and a stable and steady signal. I must also note, while at work last night (it's like a fortress no one gets a signal in there) I had 3 bars with 4G connection pretty much all night everwhere. 

Has the new 4G spectrum got a better indoor range? 

/Mark

[MI5]

Yes, it should be better for indoor coverage.

[Anonymous]

OK so it's been 2 to 2-1/2 weeks now and I have full 4G working flawlessly. Guess O2 have enabled it fully in York now without any roll out date or official announcement. Only place in the City I do not get it is in the City Centre, appears as though it's coming in from outside the city and moving inwards as the upgrades take place etc.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

OK so it's been 2 to 2-1/2 weeks now and I have full 4G working flawlessly. Guess O2 have enabled it fully in York now without any roll out date or official announcement. Only place in the City I do not get it is in the City Centre, appears as though it's coming in from outside the city and moving inwards as the upgrades take place etc.

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Nice isn't it.

What 4G download speeds are you attaining ?

[Anonymous]

When at work I have full five bar signal and I'm pulling around 40meg or so on average. At home (literally 5minute walking distance) I have 2 bars of 4G and I'm averaging around 20meg give or take. Overall, I'm happy I switched back to O2 from Three (who were very very poor for any coverage at all) - Upload seems to be set on 21meg regardless of signal level though.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

When at work I have full five bar signal and I'm pulling around 40meg or so on average. At home (literally 5minute walking distance) I have 2 bars of 4G and I'm averaging around 20meg give or take. Overall, I'm happy I switched back to O2 from Three (who were very very poor for any coverage at all) - Upload seems to be set on 21meg regardless of signal level though.

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Nice.

Three are good in my area for data and their all you can eat tariff but for calls they are not so good !

I attain just over 50mbps download speeds and over 17mbps upload.

I now see the difference if my iPhone drops to 3G !

[Anonymous]

When I first went with Three I got a 1month roller (from June 2013) to see how they faired before taking up a full contract (was playing the waiting game to see what phones came out etc) -

Now intially I had full service all the time with Three, speeds were crazy fast, coupled with the fact they had just announced free 4G also, I figured lets see what happens...

Got up til October time then the signal became woeful, 1 bar most places including Leeds city centre (no excuse in a big city IMO) - I rang them, they sent out a new sim in case I had a dodgy one, nope. Still poor, data speed literally became max of 1meg - I rarely used over 1GB tbh - So I finally got annoyed, and Went back to O2 Who the other half is with and she has full signal everywhere. I was with O2 from the Cellnet days, never had any issues.

In hindsight, guess a moment of "Unlimited Data" madness spurned me to change. Now that won't happen again. I'll stick with my 5GB data plan with O2 as it suits me perfectly.