Anybody with BT mobile, have checked the local coverage map which seems okay for calls and text, am on O2 at the present time, but signal very iffy .
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But that is true for all providers. Vodafone is no better for black spots, or Three for that matter.
Each one depends on where you are as they don't share transmitters so will each be different. .
...The government is trying to force a change on sharing in black spot areas.
The mobile telcos in the UK have been getting away with shoddy coverage and shoddy service for years, so that frankly implausible excuse came as no surprise.This was blocked by the mobile phone providers who claimed that it will not encourage or reward providers to invest in infrastructure thus bring about an overall decline in mobile phone coverage.
The mobile telcos in the UK have been getting away with shoddy coverage and shoddy service for years, so that frankly implausible excuse came as no surprise.
It doesn't take much imagination to ensure that a scheme that mandated home country roaming to deal with network black spots incentivised them to improve their infrastructure. Something like a connection tax imposed on the telco each time one of their customers roamed onto a rival network would concentrate their minds.
That is a risk, but I'm sure a way could be found to mitigate against it.Yes but they would simply roll the tax onto their customers and blame 'the government'.
Agreed - to an extent - but as it was an auction, the counter argument goes that they didn't have to bid that much. The reality of course is that mobile telecoms in the UK has been a licence to print money for many, many, years and that shows no sign of abating.I think the issue goes back to 2000 when the Chancellor pocketed some £22bn (!) from the mobile phone providers in return for 3g license, which is the complete opposite of incentivising them to invest in infrastructure and reduce prices.
I've long argued that the current model of independent network infrastructure is both wasteful and unnecessary. A single centrally owned and managed infrastructure system that the service providers use - much like the core utilities have - is a much more efficient model. An alternative is to make 100% coverage of the UK land mass an absolute condition of the licence to operate. That would soon overcome the "lack of incentive" to either cooperatively share facilities or to invest in their own infrastructure.That would have been a great opportunity for the government to enforce infrastructure sharing for the benefit of consumers - perhaps in the same way that most of our utilities providers work these days - but the Chancellor clearly preferred the short term income to the long term benefits.
Well I took the plunge and signed up with BT Mobile, unlimited calls & Texts , 500 data pm @ £5 per month, worth a go at that money
alzieboy said:Well I took the plunge and signed up with BT Mobile, unlimited calls & Texts , 500 data pm @ £5 per month, worth a go at that money
500mb would last me half a lunchbreak, lol
A very timely question here for me that raises a thread hijack. Apologies.
I am a long term BT customer on BB and Voice. The BB where I live is shockingly poor due to the copper line and distance from the exchange/cabinet. We are talking less than 1Mgps on average.
BT are promoting " high speed BB" in to my immediate neighbours and have started this service from the 15 November. I cannot get it as I am served from a different cabinet. BT refuse to re-route my line. whilst accepting that this is "not good" they refuse to budge. My neigbours are less than .5Km from me.
I have asked BT to look at providing mobile data on an "unlimited" package via EE. This has resulted in them sending me a "deadlock"letter. The inference being that EE is still a separate company and BT have no influence over their services?
The situation is made worse by the fact that BT are offering their high speed service to neighbours who deserted them years ago for V-Fast etc. Where as I remained loyal (and they know this).
Can I insist that BT offer me something via EE?
A very timely question here for me that raises a thread hijack. Apologies.
I am a long term BT customer on BB and Voice. The BB where I live is shockingly poor due to the copper line and distance from the exchange/cabinet. We are talking less than 1Mgps on average.
BT are promoting " high speed BB" in to my immediate neighbours and have started this service from the 15 November. I cannot get it as I am served from a different cabinet. BT refuse to re-route my line. whilst accepting that this is "not good" they refuse to budge. My neigbours are less than .5Km from me.
I have asked BT to look at providing mobile data on an "unlimited" package via EE. This has resulted in them sending me a "deadlock"letter. The inference being that EE is still a separate company and BT have no influence over their services?
The situation is made worse by the fact that BT are offering their high speed service to neighbours who deserted them years ago for V-Fast etc. Where as I remained loyal (and they know this).
Can I insist that BT offer me something via EE?
500mb would last me half a lunchbreak, lol
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