Edited by deleted (Tue 19-Aug-14 23:14:52)

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

HI Paul

LOL - based on the fact I can get it from the end of my garden i'd say the latter?

And on the coverage maps it shows 4G as being about 3 doors up which is correct.

I don't have a 4G handset as of yet. I am about to buy a business contract with you or Virgin and they use your 4G

I had a 6GB data sim but it was cut off for no reason and without notice with 4.6GB on it and it was in use daily but that was before I moved here.

I'd go with 15 meters too, though you might have a rather large garden! my excuse is it's late!

Three have deployed on the 1800Mhz frequency as iphone 5 users can use 4g on their network

In reply to a post by bookey:

EE have divested 18.5Mhz of 1800Mhz spectrum to '3', as far as I know '3' have only deployed 800Mhz for LTE this far, they will be using the 18.5Mhz of 1800Mhz for extra capacity in hand usage locations

Three has a small chunk of 800Mhz and 1800Mhz, but no 2600Mhz for use in the dense urban / airport locations.
O2 are even worse off as they only have 800Mhz for LTE no 1800Mhz no 2600Mhz.
They can use the 900Mhz off 2G for LTE as they have already re-farmed that for use on 3G (UMTS) @ 900Mhz, as have Vodafone on the 3G stack.

O2 will be interesting to watch, as they seem to have the lowest percentage of customers with smartphones, it makes me wonder how many will have new-enough devices to support LTE at 800.

I don't see either O2 or Voda re-farming their 900mhz away from 3G use, until a significant propotion of customers are on 4G compatible devices AND on 4G capable contracts.

With people still buying new phones (e.g. iPhone 5s) on a non 4G contract (for money reasons), then this is going to take a while to convert over

In reply to a post by brandscill:

Three have deployed on the 1800Mhz frequency as iphone 5 users can use 4g on their network.

concur, band 3 LTE here for Three (1800mhz) only - no sign of 800.

That's a pay monthly plan. I said SIM ONLY.

4gb is pathetic. I generally use 15-20gb a month.

I had the 'pleasure' of doing a speedtest on O2's 4G...

http://t.co/nLv50xtFHL

... Can't say I was impressed.

Edited by deleted (Thu 21-Aug-14 00:28:30)

Ok, cool. I wasn't aware of their lack of spectrum. I guess it's either that or their backhaul which is struggling here or even both.

Those in Portsmouth will be glad to know that my DSL connection is now active and there's one less heavy 4G user in the area!