Three v EE

Trying to decide between Three and EE. I get very good signal on both networks and similar good speeds, EE connects on band 7 and Three on band 3 and latency seems much better on EE I get about 20ms pings compared to around 40ms on Three.

EE is obviously more expensive but I would pay the extra if I was getting a better service. Do you think the improved latency and EE network is worth the extra cost?

If you're connecting on Band 7 (which is 2600mhz) indoors then you will also have a strong Band 3 (1800mhz) signal. With the right equipment you can bond both these bands together, to get either 35 (20+15) mhz of spectrum. Compared to Three which has only 15mhz on Band 3 and 5mhz on Band 20, and is rolling out another 10mhz this year. EE has a lot more capacity on the radio side than Three - until 5G arrives.

It depends on price!

Where did you get 10mhz for band 32, Three bought 20mhz of L band 32 as did Voda.

Three Voda L band purchase

Mobile operators Three UK and Vodafone have each secured a 20MHz slice of the 1.4GHz radio spectrum band (L-Band 1452-1492MHz) from Qualcomm, which the operators say could be used to help deliver 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband speeds that are �up to three times faster� than today�s.

I have seen ref to it being download only so it must be used with Carrier Aggregation but would be disappointed if they only used 10mhz at the mast when they had bought 20mhz.

In reply to a post by kommando:

Where did you get 10mhz for band 32, Three bought 20mhz of L band 32 as did Voda.

Good point, I forgot the SDL wasn't split for FDD in the normal way, as the uplink uses another band.

Some useful info on Vodafone's deployment:
https://pedroc.co.uk/content/vodafone-uk-sdl-band32-...

On Three currently and use Carrier Aggregation on Band 3 and 20 giving me 50mb dl and 15mb ul, When the mast gets Band 32 I can use CA with my current cat 6 router on Band 3 and 32 or upgrade to a cat 9 router on bands 3, 20 and band 32. That last option should nearly double the download speed when all 3 bands are being used (15+5+20mhz) but as band 20 is only 5mhz with Three, adding cat 9 does not add much.

The CA is managed by the mast. Your router will have certain combinations it supports. Both have to match. Masts are in charge.

If the mast supports CA and so does your Huawei router then you can use LTEInspecteur to change how the CA works and lock to your preferred option, hence I nominate Band 3 for DL and UL and Band 20 for DL only for best speeds, if I wanted to I could do Band 20 as the main band but the speeds are lower as Band 20 is only 5mhz, left alone in automatic the router does do that when the Band 3 signal drops but not if I set it using the CA configuration in LTEInspecteur.

In reply to a post by kommando:

If the mast supports CA and so does your Huawei router then you can use LTEInspecteur to change how the CA works and lock to your preferred option, hence I nominate Band 3 for DL and UL and Band 20 for DL only for best speeds, if I wanted to I could do Band 20 as the main band but the speeds are lower as Band 20 is only 5mhz, left alone in automatic the router does do that when the Band 3 signal drops but not if I set it using the CA configuration in LTEInspecteur.

That will set a preference, but the mast can still ignore you.