4G Technology and Spectrum Auction

Glaucus · 21 Aug 2012 at 19:09

said on the news they're hoping to have it running in October. This can't be true can it?

PistolPete · 21 Aug 2012 at 19:24

hahahaha. BBC News edited their story after I complained

Glaucus · 21 Aug 2012 at 19:38

PistolPete said:
hahahaha. BBC News edited their story after I complained

What was wrong?

Em3bbs · 21 Aug 2012 at 19:45

Myshra said:
I think it's hilarious ofcom have done this but eh, we will fight back

I thought you worked for EE or have you moved?

PistolPete · 21 Aug 2012 at 19:51

Glaucus said:
What was wrong?

The article originally started "Telecoms regulator Ofcom has allowed Everything Everywhere, the owner of Orange and T-Mobile, to use its existing bandwidth to launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile services."

I reminded them that France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom respectively would beg to differ.

PiKe · 21 Aug 2012 at 21:05

Is 4G practical to use as your primary internet connection? We have slow ADSL at work and 4G would bring massive benefits to us assuming we can get a signal.

Is the range on the 4G spectrum better than 3G or just the same/worse?

muon · 21 Aug 2012 at 21:08

PiKe said:
Is 4G practical to use as your primary internet connection? We have slow ADSL at work and 4G would bring massive benefits to us assuming we can get a signal.

Is the range on the 4G spectrum better than 3G or just the same/worse?

It depends on how many people are using that mast and how good QoS systems are. Also usage limits aren't going to be in the region of hundreds of GBs.

Judgeneo · 21 Aug 2012 at 21:10

I imagine we will see 4G phones entering the UK soon enough then.

The question is, will it be covered under our standard data tariff?

413x · 21 Aug 2012 at 21:17

Judgeneo said:
I imagine we will see 4G phones entering the UK soon enough then.

The question is, will it be covered under our standard data tariff?

Yes, is it better to sign a contract now before the price increase or after? (by now i mean before it all kicks off)

Christo · 21 Aug 2012 at 21:51

al4x said:
Yes, is it better to sign a contract now before the price increase or after? (by now i mean before it all kicks off)

I'd say wait, better than going in blind..

sarge78 · 21 Aug 2012 at 22:03

It'll be new contracts and upgrades only.

I'd expect around £45-£50 per month for the full monty on T-Mobile (maybe more with iPhone tax) and a ~30GB peak FUP?

DIABLO · 21 Aug 2012 at 22:04

Any 4G home boardband is gonna capped out the ass.

sarge78 · 21 Aug 2012 at 22:08

That's a good point.. it could be dongles/tablets only for a year.

Myshra · 21 Aug 2012 at 22:16

Em3bbs said:
I thought you worked for EE or have you moved?

Now at voda. Trial was dongles only when I left a few months ago.

413x · 21 Aug 2012 at 23:12

sarge78 said:
It'll be new contracts and upgrades only.

I'd expect around £45-£50 per month for the full monty on T-Mobile (maybe more with iPhone tax) and a ~30GB peak FUP?

I couldnt go for that. I doubt many would.

sarge78 · 21 Aug 2012 at 23:27

The current iPhone full Monty is £41pm, people will pay megabucks for something like a LTE iPhone.

Em3bbs · 22 Aug 2012 at 00:07

Myshra said:
Now at voda. Trial was dongles only when I left a few months ago.

Ah, gradually moving up the M4 then. Congrats on the new job.

muon · 22 Aug 2012 at 00:13

Apparently EE have a year to hand over the 25% of the 1800mhz spectrum to Three in September 2013. So that sale just became irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

Bennie-Mac · 22 Aug 2012 at 00:31

TheCenturion said:
There's some areas of the country that do not receive 3g signal and now the networks are upgrading to 4g - yay!

This. Northern Ireland seems to be the land that technology forgot when it comes to internet. I only ever see 3g on my phone when im in Belfast city centre, everywhere else is Edge or 2g. I live in a fairly large town and the maximum broadband speed I can get is 3-4Mb.

Sin_Chase · 22 Aug 2012 at 03:41

While things might be moving now I still see 4G as a relevant technology years down the line, not now.

I can stream TV from my phone now and tethered pull down up to 5MBit/Sec. Why do I need 50Mbit/Sec on my mobile? I don't. I for one will not at all be jumping over to 4G as I see no tangible benefit over the existing network speeds available now.