BBC mobile signal coverage doobary

PiKe · 18 Jul 2011 at 16:28

Just noticed this on my travels. Their aim is to build a coverage map showing the real coverage, not the projected coverage that network providers show.

May eat the battery with GPS needing to be on mind.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13874818

GeX · 18 Jul 2011 at 20:16

Their app does hammer the battery, I'm not too sure what their intention is.. unless OpenSignalMaps is the same database?

Faceman · 19 Jul 2011 at 07:05

I ran this yesterday and it killed my battery.

PiKe · 19 Jul 2011 at 09:07

They are to push an update out this AM which helps resolve the battery usage.

uniQ · 19 Jul 2011 at 09:33

Doesn't seem like a particularly well controlled test for any meaningful statistical analysis.

PiKe · 19 Jul 2011 at 09:41

More meaningful than the operator maps.

kona786 · 21 Jul 2011 at 16:38

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/why-coverage-is-not-at-the-heart-of-uk-3g-problems

A good read.

PiKe · 21 Jul 2011 at 16:50

Hmm, they should have incorporated a 100kb speedtest each time it refreshes or something (yes I know 'data allowance').

Cosimo · 25 Aug 2011 at 09:47

The results of the survey are out and you can check your coverage:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14574816

Myshra · 25 Aug 2011 at 10:28

Oh lord something's broken here (DISCLAIMER - I work in the industry for Orange etc etc). The area where I live is a HSDPA test zone with a perfect tri-mast setup and it's showing as 2G. It's also showing part of the Orange HQ in Bristol as a 2G zone. This is next to the biggest mast we own which is used to test fancy new technologies.

There are some truth bits (the M4 blackhole that all networks can't seem fix near the bath junction) but I get the impression that the quality of the data will be called into question.

Alexrose1uk · 27 Aug 2011 at 18:12

Seems about right for MK, the signal can be extremely shifty, which seems to be reflected in the results which show a mix of 3/2g and no signal.