News - Everything Everywhere now an official brand, 4G in 16 cities

[Singh400]

Says Birmingham, means 5 meter radius around the Bullring. Isn't there a 4G checker somewhere?

[Barakka]

Everything Everywhere Wednesdays ?

Nah, doesn't sound right

[HalloweenJack]

who would have thought you wont get 3g when sitting inside a building :roll: ... the same places that you cant even use satnav because of all those huge ass building in the way...


stonehaven is a large village - last census had a population of under 10,000

[kingpotnoodle]

who would have thought you wont get 3g when sitting inside a building :roll: ... the same places that you cant even use satnav because of all those huge ass building in the way...

stonehaven is a large village - last census had a population of under 10,000

He was *outside* the pub...

A population centre of 10,000 ought to have reasonable signal, but the geography and buildings (maybe thick stone I dunno) might make for a lot of blackspots. 4G might well help out, some areas might go direct to 4G from GPRS if they're lucky...

Whole lot of "might" there...

[blueball]

who would have thought you wont get 3g when sitting inside a building :roll: ... the same places that you cant even use satnav because of all those huge ass building in the way...


stonehaven is a large village - last census had a population of under 10,000

It is the TOWN of Stonehaven

[3930k]

Yes. Yes. Hell yes.

[Funkstar]

It is the TOWN of Stonehaven

And then flip it the other way, and the only networks that function up in Portsoy is T-Mobile and Orange. O2 dies as soon as you enter the village and Vodafone is patchy at best. Which is just super, work have just migrated over to Vodafone from Orange, I think I'm going to get one of their signal boxes.

[crossy]

stonehaven is a large village - last census had a population of under 10,000

Erm 10K pop makes it's a bl**dy large "village" then - BBC Scotland usually refer to it as a "town", and the Stonehaven Guide also says:

In June 2012 Stonehaven was featured as one of the Top 10 UK Coastal Towns in a popular online travel magazine.

Like others I'd like to see more coverage too. e.g. Calendar (reasonable sized tourist town) doesn't seem to get much in the way of 3G signal - certainly Three coverage is "poor". Likewise, one of the reasons I moved from Three to T-Mob was because I couldn't use my phone (even for calls) if I was near my parent's house - and it's not as if they're in the sticks either.

Like most folks 16 cities is fine for a start, but I'd be more interested in hearing about the velocity with which it's going to be expanded past these 16 favoured locations.

[Brewster0101]

I just hope that you don't need a special plan to get 4G access - hopefully it's just a device. Or if they do make it an extra cost or requires a new contract, I hope they make it easy for people like me (14 months into a 24 month contract) to switch without paying off the rest of my current contract.

E E will milk every penny out of you. The fact they have exclusive access to 4G first will mean they will have heavy prices in place. It won't be good value, the fat greedy cats need that new boat, and they want you to pay for it.

[Funkstar]

E E will milk every penny out of you. The fact they have exclusive access to 4G first will mean they will have heavy prices in place. It won't be good value, the fat greedy cats need that new boat, and they want you to pay for it.

But on the other hand, if they have a unique product that people are willing to pay a premium for, why on earth would they not charge what they feel they can get away with? A company as an entity, responsible to share holders, is obliged to make as much money as possible.

[dontpanic]

Entitlements for companies are dependent on whether there is a true market. Any oligopoly should be reviewed for what it is. It's bad for industry and bad for customers in the long run.

[dontpanic]

Having said that, this is a new product. As long as they are not putting up barriers to entry for others then it's fair game. Ultimately though, data price plans vary wildly in terms of value for money, no matter how fast they are.

[kingpotnoodle]

And then flip it the other way, and the only networks that function up in Portsoy is T-Mobile and Orange. O2 dies as soon as you enter the village and Vodafone is patchy at best. Which is just super, work have just migrated over to Vodafone from Orange, I think I'm going to get one of their signal boxes.

The SureSignal boxes do work really well, I went from bugger all signal at home to full 4 bars throughout... even in my flat which is probably the most signal polluted area I've ever found (if you like WiFi do not live in a dense block of flats overlooking a high street!!).