EE Mobile Broadband

Hi, does anyone know if EE 4G use image compression? I can turn off compression with my O2 MiFi and 3 doesn't compress anyway. I'm looking to get a 4G MiFi but not if EE compress.

Thank you

With some reassurance about image compression here:
EE Community Forums

I tootled off to the EE store next to bond street tube which on a Saturday was pretty chaotic as you'd expect. It felt like ages while the chap serving typed all my details into the computer for the 30 day 8GB £25.99 contract plus £69 upfront charge for the MiFi. Eventually he said my debit card was not being recognised by the system and asked for another card so I gave him my Barclaycard instead. After another lengthy wait watching this chap fight with the system this time to recognise my address the computer finally declined based on a credit check. I thought this was strange as I regularly check my credit files with Equifax and Experian and known them to be excellent. I left the store feeling somewhat bemused and popped across to Selfridges where I tried to purchase a cream for my mum but the card was again declined. I was now feeling quite worried at my apparent financial state of affairs so I dug-out the mobile to call Barclays and noticed several missed calls from them. It turns out Barclaycard had suspected fraud after EE had put through 30 requests each for £2 but, all of which will be charged back to EE - and I finally got to purchase my mum's cream. I returned to the chap in the store who insisted he charged me only once as required by the system. When I reached home I had another call this time from Barclays debit card team who had noticed 15 claims by EE for another £2 each bringing the total to £90 for the privilege of today's experience. Fortunately these will also be charged back to EE. I then went online to check my latest credit report and was quite relieved to find the scores from both companies had not deteriorated from excellent. I called EE sales who requested a copy of the credit reports which I have emailed across. At this point I'm not sure I want to join them but I would like to find out why my credit score is an issue when it appears to be just fine - could having a number of accounts with O2 and 3 be the problem?

Edited by deleted (Sat 15-Jun-13 21:11:19)

In reply to a post by bosie:

Hi, does anyone know if EE 4G use image compression? I can turn off compression with my O2 MiFi and 3 doesn't compress anyway. I'm looking to get a 4G MiFi but not if EE compress.

No idea about EE, but T-Mobile has a control page - http://accelerator.t-mobile.co.uk - which lets you turn off image compression.

I wonder if we'll ever see the day where it's off by default? Good to know about T-mobile.

In short - Nope we don't compress images over 4G

In reply to a post by bookey:

In short - Nope we don't compress images over 4G

Good to know. I read that Orange never did, only T-Mobile and they offered the 'accelerator' years ago, I was on an old MDA2 handset (Windows Mobile 6.x).

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

You just don't give customers the right speeds until they have been with you for 6 months.

And before you deny it I have that in writing from the EE office in Bristol!

That's pretty shoddy practice.

Sounds like something The Register would be interested in, or PC Pro magazine.

Edited by deleted (Sat 22-Jun-13 18:28:21)

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

No, you could have a million accounts if your credit score is high then you would be fine. It's multiple applications in a set period (6 months) that messes it up

The reference service is Equifax which puts me half-way up the excellent area of the slider. I haven't made any recent requests for credit but then I've never been refused credit so I'm a bit miffed that a phone company would do so - and after taking £90 from my bank which has been refunded so no issue there! The product I wanted to purchase is paid upfront - including the MiFi - every 30 days so where's the credit risk anyway? I received a reply from @orange for the email I sent to @ee - they can't access EE accounts and have asked for the query to made in writing. I don't think I'll bother now unless I need to quell my miff - I'll just wait for someone else to do 4G.

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

On the very say day I took this screenshot from my Three sim in the same Iphone.. Just to prove a point.. Both screenshots were in the middle of Newport.

Something not quite right there, the first LTE screenshot was using the new Speedtest app, the second of the 3 network on 3G-WCDMA speedtest was on the old legacy version. Can't be same phone, or same day?

But that LTE speeds are very odd, 8meg down, 21meg upload. If you had 20/8 you'd have been happy I suspect??

I read Rory Cellan-Jones' reports on the BBC when EE LTE launched, and the speeds weren't much different to the 3 speeds. (Around here the 3 speeds range from 3megabit to 20megabit depending on load at that time sadly).

You're better off getting your mi-fi 4G compatible device from Amazon or other online places then just get a pay as you go 4G Sim when it becomes available. I have a very shoddy Credit file because I put a notice of correction on it and yet I got accepted by O2 and Three. It's all random, I guess their insane amount of requests on the day from your debit card and barclays that were denied (for good reason as Barclaycard is very good at being on the case ) must have flagged their system even before it tried contacting any of the three credit reference agencies (don't forget CallCredit btw - you can access for it free on noddle.co.uk). So it wasn't your credit scoring that was the issue here, me think.

I've got a 4GEE sim in my ipad and I'm not seeing any image compression.

My local cell is 3G at the moment with the following speed at full signal:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/572376625

On the train through Doncaster last Saturday with only 1 bar signal, a 4G speedtest:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/572086161

Sad isn't it that 3G is actually faster then 4G !!