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5km
(knowledge is power) Mon 29-Dec-14 21:40:15

Three massively reduces planned 4G coverage for 2015

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Hi All

I've mapped the changes to Three's planned 4G coverage for "end of 2015".

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zOAnXJFLQHC...

As you can see there are lots of places that will get reduced coverage. It seems that Three plan to fill in some gaps in their existing coverage without expanding out to more remote areas like Kent...

All info came from Three's own coverage plan page http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/When_will_I_get_4G

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bookey
(fountain of knowledge) Mon 29-Dec-14 21:41:45

Re: Three massively reduces planned 4G coverage for 2015

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EE has 4G in Canterbury now too... smile

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5km
(knowledge is power) Mon 29-Dec-14 21:45:15

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Yeah I know but only "single-speed" and outdoor only coverage... not worth even trying.

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jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Mon 29-Dec-14 22:15:21

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In reply to a post by 5km:
Yeah I know but only "single-speed" and outdoor only coverage... not worth even trying.

I've managed 25mbps download and 10mbps upload on "single speed" which beats Three's 4g here (which managed only 10 down, 5 up).

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fibreplease
(learned) Tue 30-Dec-14 00:12:25

Re: Three massively reduces planned 4G coverage for 2015

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Interesting, thanks. I did wonder about the possibility of switching to Three as they had stated that LTE would be coming to Yeovil by the end of 2014. Turns out they have dumped plans for pretty much all of Somerset now instead!

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jroadley
(regular) Tue 30-Dec-14 02:20:19

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That's shocking.

Glad I migrated.

5km
(knowledge is power) Tue 30-Dec-14 08:39:37

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I need to point out to everyone that this misses some towns, mainly ones that were enabled early and therefore never part of the 2014 end-of-year plan. These towns will likely be the "50 main towns"

But even with these missed from my map as green dots it still doesn't paint a good picture. If I can find the list of the "50 main towns" I will add these.

I'm also considering adding a note for "New" towns that are actually already live.

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tthom
(committed) Tue 30-Dec-14 11:55:23

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Yea I was going to say that mate,

a good few parts of glasgow are enabled for 4G

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WWWombat
(knowledge is power) Tue 30-Dec-14 14:25:06

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Original plans:
http://www.itpro.co.uk/networking/20600/three-bring-...

Of course, there is no guarantee that those were done either. I noted that Hull was one of the "removed" ones from your list ... yet appears on the plans above; not done then either, I guess.

brandscill
(committed) Wed 31-Dec-14 12:59:22

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It's a shame they've scaled this back so much and not made any announcement.

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