A big Crane has appeared -Yippeeee!

DXP55 · 18 Feb 2019 at 10:32

Couldn't quite decide which forum to put this in .

Hopefully they are finally going to install the new mobile mast that has been on the books for the last 18months - We sit in a dip here and only real good signal is EE (fortunately I am on Orange) and I need O2 for 2nd nano on Giffgaf - This is on the other side of the field from me so NIMBY - Odd thing is there is a big BT telephone exchange just behind the crane but the mast won't be on BT land - I would have thought they could have negociated to put it on the roof or up the side of the building

PooKer · 18 Feb 2019 at 11:49

If BT's building is anything like the telephone network I expect it couldn't handle the weight of a mast.....

NVP · 18 Feb 2019 at 16:30

PooKer said:
If BT's building is anything like the telephone network I expect it couldn't handle the weight of a mast.....

DXP55 · 20 Feb 2019 at 11:39

Went past yesterday and sure enough the steel mast is up - It didn't look like it was on BT land - Lets hope it doesn't take 6 months to get it working.

Sasahara · 20 Feb 2019 at 20:05

I was gonna say, save your poor fish! But it's the wrong type of crane.

jpaul · 20 Feb 2019 at 20:24

Oh, we used to dream of livin' ~~in a corridor!~~ near a mobile mast Would ha' been a palace to us. ....
think of those people who do not have one good signal ... I wish the government would

DXP55 · 23 Feb 2019 at 20:36

I have since found out it's a Vodafone mast - 18m high and in the grounds of the BT exchange -

One question - would Voda rent out the mast to other providers like O2 ?

LeeUK · 24 Feb 2019 at 08:23

DXP55 said:
I have since found out it's a Vodafone mast - 18m high and in the grounds of the BT exchange -

One question - would Voda rent out the mast to other providers like O2 ?

Vodafone and O2 usually have a joint mast programme. E.g. they have each others aerials on each others masts.

https://news.o2.co.uk/press-release...etwork-partnership-in-the-uk-with-5g-sharing/

It should all be on your local council's planning application portal all the details.

DXP55 · 24 Feb 2019 at 09:32

Thanks Lee I now live in hope. I did start to read the planning thing originally but as it is official my eyes started to spin round - Low boredom thresh hold :rolleyes:

DXP55 · 3 Mar 2019 at 20:34

my phone pinged today - had a look but didn't see anything - Looked again later and I now have a full signal on 02 - they have turned the new mast on.
Finally got a good signal for Giffgaf - had a play but when got to try data it was a bit slow -I have a £5 goody bag to try it but don't know if that goody bag is low down the list for data speed -- I don't think I will ever get used to a mobile phone for anything other than making calls -The phone is fine on Wifi -- Nothing will supersede my PC.

Duke · 5 Mar 2019 at 13:03

The speed isn't affected by which goody bag you have on Giffgaff, its the same for them all.

DXP55 · 5 Mar 2019 at 15:38

Right - thanks for that. Does that mean all goody bags are slow on Giffgaf

Seems I jumped to soon - signal has now gone so I assume it was a test run and they are tweeking it a bit.

Swifty55 · 7 Mar 2019 at 11:00

Giffgaff/O2 have always been a bit rubbish with their speeds.

DXP55 · 8 Mar 2019 at 22:11

Vodafone mast was fired up again today - so far so good it's still on. - Got full 5 bar signal but only 3 on EE - My old phone got 5 bars on EE- I have noticed this on a few of the phones we have had - signal variation.

LeeUK · 9 Mar 2019 at 01:25

Phone doesn't always take a signal from the nearest mast all of the time if there are other masts in the area.