Three put me on 7km away from the 5G mast

Pretty stupid if Three put me 5G away from 7km away from Red Hill Mast to Woodside (pretty daft) as it only getting 3Meg down and 1.7Meg up. The router refused connect to Madeley, Aqueduct, Mount Way, Doseley or Dawley masts. Just kept connected me to Red Hill mast. Crazy. Are Three going to put everyone on the slowest 5G with miles away!

https://i.ibb.co/gwZY41C/Red-Hill-5-G-Mast-7km-away.png

Edited by adslmax (Tue 01-Oct-24 23:17:16)

Maybe because you keep whinging about them they are punishing you?

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Just kept connected me to Red Hill mast.

You need to read up on how cellular radio communications work. You aren't "put on" a certain mast, your phone listens to all the tranmissions it can "hear" and it transmits, and not all masts can hear your end. The ones that can hear you, negotiate with your phone to make a connection to the mast that gets the best quality signal (not necessarily the fastest!).

This is how mobile phones can work when you are moving, even at high speed. (e.g. on motorway).

Assuming the masts are active; they may not yet be integrated into the network so not properly engaging in this process.

You may just have to wait, or at worst, fit an outside antenna on your building.

Closest mast isnt always the best, I have one across the road from me, but it has barely any bands on it, and performs slower than ones at triple the distance.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

Closest mast isnt always the best, I have one across the road from me, but it has barely any bands on it, and performs slower than ones at triple the distance.

Thought the closer to the 5G mast get you best performance?

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Thought the closer to the 5G mast get you best performance?

Just more radiation passing through your brain and the rest of your organs and body.

(Maybe).

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Thought the closer to the 5G mast get you best performance?

It might be, but the masts and backhaul connection may not be identical, and you might find the antennas transmit _above_ your position to cover further away areas.

Mobile telecoms is complex.

Hi @pluralist

I noticed in your signature you have "At home Three Mobile, with (Three)ZTE MC888 router giving 5G on a good day."

I too have the same at home. Are you experiencing the DNS on the MC888 failing after around 30 hours or so?

The DNS started failing after 4 to 5 days to begin with. However, after the latest software update it fails after around 30 hours. Also the 1 day scheduled reboot I set to work around the 4 to 5 day DNS issue has stopped working too. So now have to manually reboot. Have you had anything like that?

Software VersionBD_H3GUKMC888V1.0.0B09 and
Hardware VersionMC888HWV1.0.0 here

Many thanks

Sorry I haven't replied earlier.

I haven't noticed any DNS problems. Just occasionally the router just clogs up and latency goes through the roof. Probably something not releasing memory. Rebooting fixes it.

I saw a few weeks ago the MC888 wasn't in the current line-up on the website, but now nothing shows apart from the outdoor hub one. Which rather wrecks the "no installation" claim.

I got a 4g booster for our house as we are in a mobile dead zone. Aerial on the roof and a little booster box in the loft with an internal booster on the landing ceiling.

Went from no being able to make a call to having 60 meg 4g download.

5g versions of the booster are also available.

Just tried pointing the roof antenna at all of the various masts around our house until I found the best one.