3G gone......
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on 19-06-2024 09:00
It finally happened looks like...3G (rural Mid-Wales) is gone.
I logged a fault yesterday...and O2 came back with the "Could not find a fault" today.
So I checked my Network connections and sure enough only 2G available (same with Vodafone - the only other network available in my area).
The question is wasn't users in my area notified by O2?
We know that O2 3G will be gone by 2025...but why not let customers know about this beforehand?
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on 19-06-2024 09:10
I was not aware that O2 are closing 3G as yet. From the start of 2025 was the given date.
Vodafone, on the other hand, have closed 3G.
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on 19-06-2024 11:19
Yep.
Fortunately I have a 4G backup.
The 2025 date was most likely a deadline for complete shutdown....it will be done in stages leaving Rural areas for last (same with Vodafone).
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on 19-06-2024 11:23
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on 19-06-2024 11:23
Not according to O2. This is their blurb
https://www.o2.co.uk/help/network-coverage-and-international/3g-switch-off
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19-06-2024 11:54 - edited 19-06-2024 11:54
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19-06-2024 11:54 - edited 19-06-2024 11:54
Keep checking here as recent faults sometimes take a while to update O2 | Service Status
Also check the app https://www.o2.co.uk/apps/my-network
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on 19-06-2024 13:31
Thanks for the feedback folks...but it is NOT a Service fault issue....and I doubt it is a phone fault.
Both Vodafone and O2 use the same antenna....and until yesterday (for the past 10+years) both of them also provided 3G.
They both disappeared from my Network at the same time. Now both of them only 2G and 4G.
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on 19-06-2024 14:00
Maybe they started early then.
If they did, no one has told us here.
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on 19-06-2024 14:14
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on 19-06-2024 14:14
They dont use the same antenna, they use the same mast, but each has distinct infrastructure on the mast provided by CTIL (if I remember)...
There are small scale trials of removing 3G but I havent seen any enterprise customer notifications of anywhere been done as yet...
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on 20-06-2024 12:04
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on 20-06-2024 12:04
@Bill_C wrote:
Both Vodafone and O2 use the same antenna
I very much doubt it, unless you happen to be using one of the few original "single grid" sites that's not yet been "unwound". Site sharing is a very complex subject, with numerous permutations - but it's quite a common scenario for multiple operators to have their own active equipment (antennas & radio modules) on the same tower or structure.
CTIL, as mentioned by another poster, is the management company for the shared grid of sites that VF & O2 once used for active RAN sharing.
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on 20-06-2024 12:57
O2 have given us this info in relation to this.
From what has been outlined, there was a small trial conducted earlier this year to switch off these (very small) sites but aside from that nothing is planned until next year:
70520 Quixwood
70593 Preston Plantation
2930 GRANTSHOUSE
2931 AUCHENCROW
70515 Horseley Farm
70516 RESTON
70517 Horseley Hill
70518 GRANTHOUSE
70519 BUTTERDEAN FARM
70521 PENRITH
70522 BOWSHIEL
70523 TOWNHEAD FARM
236 DUNBAR SOUTH
237 AYTON
8294 LAMBERTON
10582 BURNMOUTH
10583 LAWFIELD
39293 CHIRNSIDE TOWN
70512 Burnmouth-Lamberton
70513 NEWTON BRAE FOULDEN
70514 Coldingham - Whitecross
70524 Cove - Linhead Farm
70525 Pathhead Farm
74674 Eyemouth
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