EE - 4G

edgedemon · 23 Oct 2012 at 21:45

Glaucus said:
Pretty much.

I can't remember which frequcies which but the other 4g frequency being auction, is better for inner city's with far more data capacity.

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2600/1800 for urban areas and 800Mhz for rural with lower data rates..

Sumanji · 23 Oct 2012 at 21:54

There will still be 800MHz LTE in cities though right? Building penetrance of the higher frequencies is a bit of a joke...

muon · 23 Oct 2012 at 21:57

Sumanji said:
There will still be 800MHz LTE in cities though right? Building penetrance of the higher frequencies is a bit of a joke...

Of course, they aren't leaving the 800mhz spectrum unused in urban areas.

Although I'm sure I've read some may try and use it for city wifi and other things.

edit:

Simple google says I'm very likely misinformed on the latter point.

Westyfield2 · 23 Oct 2012 at 21:58

3GB tariff I think I'll go for.

dasyad · 23 Oct 2012 at 23:06

Westyfield2 said:
3GB tariff I think I'll go for.

Why?

Westyfield2 · 23 Oct 2012 at 23:08

dasyad said:
Why?

Because the one down isn't enough data, and the one up is too much £££.

dasyad · 23 Oct 2012 at 23:12

Westyfield2 said:
Because the one down isn't enough data, and the one up is too much £££.

Have you shopped around first? You may find a better deal on another network unless you specificaly want the speed of 4G

Duff-Man · 24 Oct 2012 at 00:08

As far as I understand it, 2600Mhz should support a (proportionally) higher capacity, but 800Mhz should be the most far reaching, with better penetration. 1800Mhz should be a balance between the two.

Disco Boy · 24 Oct 2012 at 00:47

500mb is enough to watch 60 short videos? Short indeed!

englishpremier · 24 Oct 2012 at 09:28

I thought the auction was for the old analog TV spectrum?

Snax · 24 Oct 2012 at 09:45

EE has royally ballsed this up. Not only are they missing the opportunity to grab most of the tech world o to their contracts they are also diminishing their other brands.

I am with orange because their customer service was amazing. Uk call centres and gast response times. Now they have switched to foreignese bad line quality nonsense. Why would i stay gor overprices nonsense with poor CS to boot?

Glaucus · 24 Oct 2012 at 09:57

Duff-Man said:
As far as I understand it, 2600Mhz should support a (proportionally) higher capacity, but 800Mhz should be the most far reaching, with better penetration. 1800Mhz should be a balance between the two.

Networks will be buy a mix of both frequencies apparently.

Christo · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:17

Well Im going for it, the faster speed seems worth it. Im a stickler for new tech.

Glaucus · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:29

Christo said:
Well Im going for it, the faster speed seems worth it. Im a stickler for new tech.

Worth it for a whole 11mins till you hit the data cap.
It really is pointless.

Do you even live in one of the few 4g areas.

shuzzbutt · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:35

Will 4g constantly utilise the full available bandwidth even when its not needed? When im using my home 60mb connection im not constantly downloading at that speed whilst im chilling on the ocuk forums!

Glaucus · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:36

shuzzbutt said:
Will 4g constantly utilise the full available bandwidth even when its not needed? When im using my home 60mb connection im not constantly downloading at that speed whilst im chilling on the ocuk forums!

Off course not

englishpremier · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:45

Glaucus said:
Worth it for a whole 11mins till you hit the data cap.
It really is pointless.

Do you even live in one of the few 4g areas.

But the cap doesn't prevent general web activities does it? Just downloading/streaming

Kind of like what they have in place at the moment anyway

Glaucus · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:48

englishpremier said:
But the cap doesn't prevent general web activities does it? Just downloading/streaming

Kind of like what they have in place at the moment anyway

Wy would you think that, doesn't say that anywhere on EE website I can see. It does say this though in the T&Cs

If you run out of data, you won’t be able to use the internet and you’ll need to buy a data add-on to use the internet until your next bill date.

Myshra · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:54

englishpremier said:
But the cap doesn't prevent general web activities does it? Just downloading/streaming

Kind of like what they have in place at the moment anyway

Do you mean in the T-Mobile "you get 100kbps to http only" way or the Orange "we charge you for anything you do past your limit" way?

Azza · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:57

Swap to 4GEE: Offer ends 31 December 2012

This also applies to the £99 upgrade service from a non 4G phone as well as the swapping from T-Mobile / Orange.