Might be sim specific then, definitely odd!

If you press phone
Dial *3001#12345#*
Click pdp context info
Click 0

Next to APN you should see everywhere
If you don't the carrier settings haven't actually applied behind the scenes correctly.

In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

Next to APN you should see everywhere
If you don't the carrier settings haven't actually applied behind the scenes correctly.

Yes it shows everywhere (wasn't this general.t-mobile.uk before?) and I get a T-Mobile reverse dns name when I visit a show my IP site. (My Dad on Orange gets an Orange reverse dns). My 4G MiFi gets no reverse DNS but an originally orange owed IP according to this site's speed test and speedtest.net.

Yep as both networks show it does seem to indicate orange sites left (assuming both are connectable)...
Chances are some of those smaller orange sites near to you are getting LTE via microwave. The ones not so tall. To be honest they're probably already in the process.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Wed 04-Sep-13 03:54:28)

I'd be very interested to know the source of that knowledge...

All that means is your handset can see RF from both a legacy T-Mobile cell site and a legacy Orange cell site.

Nothing to do with upgrades etc... as purported elsewhere

In reply to a post by bookey:

All that means is your handset can see RF from both a legacy T-Mobile cell site and a legacy Orange cell site.

Nothing to do with upgrades etc... as purported elsewhere

Yep understood

Edited by deleted (Sun 08-Sep-13 22:46:55)

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

Gave up on EE got a S4 on 3 so I am ready for 4G and getting nearly 20 down on Ultrafast

3 have told me I can unlock it also as I have been with them since they started. Which means I now have a phone with will do LTE 800/850/900/1800/2100/2600 so interesting for the future..

Nice! Sounds like my Huawei E5776 which does LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600, which should do for any EU travel. (need 700 for USA but its hard to find a provider who will sell a mobile data SIM over there).

We might one day need 700mhz, but Ofcom are saying ~10 years; and that's to try and harmonise with US/Canada LTE - and by then they will have moved on!

Edited by deleted (Mon 09-Sep-13 01:52:06)