O2's 3G coverage in London

EdwardTeach · 23 Aug 2010 at 21:33

Does anyone here live or work in London?

I am curious as to what other peoples experience is with 02's 3G coverage.

It occurred to me recently that I cant recall seeing 3G coverage on my iphone, it always has the E symbol, or something else other than 3G.

Does anyone get 3G coverage in London? I live in West London (Maida Vale) and work near Old St. At home and at work I never get anythingg better than E.

I guess I am missing out! I have been told that 02's 3G coverage is awful, but it shouldnt be that bad surely? Could my iphone be broken? (3G is deffinaetly enabled).

Kol · 23 Aug 2010 at 21:55

Always have 3G in London (work there), and can't recall not having :shrug:

EdwardTeach · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:25

do you have an iphone as well? do you think my phone might be broken?

weringo · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:36

Ive got an iPhone on O2 and the 3G coverage is shocking around my area; in Richmond, Twickenham and Teddington I don't even receive Edge, Ive got 2 friends who live around here with an iPhone on O2 who also get the same problem. Sometimes when I'm around other areas of London I do receive 3G though.

Considering internet is the main thing I use my iPhone for I feel Ive wasted my money somewhat, luckily only 5 months left on my contract and needless to say I wont be going anywhere near O2 again, back to Orange or Vodaphone for me.

Kol · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:39

Yes, using an iPhone. Places of note I've used 3G in last three 3 days were Canary Wharf, Southbank, Kings Cross. Granted there are times where I have sucky signal but it's generally when in a bad place, somewhere like All Star Lanes or somewhere equally shielded.

EdwardTeach · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:46

just to confirm, in the place on the screen where my phone either has wireless signal, or a letter like E, if I was getting 3G reception it should say 3G there right?

weringo · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:48

Yup

3G - 3G
E - EDGE
o = GPRS

EdwardTeach · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:50

thought so, i honestly dont recall ever seeing it. I suspect something may be buggered with my phone settings.
If I have a 3G enabled phone I should be able to receive the signal right? its not a case that 02 can choose which customers receive 3G reception?

St0rmer66 · 24 Aug 2010 at 00:01

EdwardTeach said:
thought so, i honestly dont recall ever seeing it. I suspect something may be buggered with my phone settings.
If I have a 3G enabled phone I should be able to receive the signal right? its not a case that 02 can choose which customers receive 3G reception?

Sure you've got a 3G SIM? Could be that you have an older SIM card. Obviously ignore this if you got a new SIM with the phone

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Don't know about the iPhone but on my Nexus One there's an option in the settings to turn off 3G (to save bandwidth) so have you checked for that?

EdwardTeach · 24 Aug 2010 at 00:03

iirc i didnt put my SIM into my iphone i.e it came with a new sim pre-installed.
Still is it possible that the problem is with my SIM and 02 have f'd up?

subbass · 24 Aug 2010 at 17:39

O2's 3g coverage in London is absolutely awful and that's not a exaggeration. Indoors I rarely ever get 3g, outdoors sometimes for a brief moment and switches back to Edge. In the City I get 3g sometimes and believe it or not, I even stuggled to get in 3g signal in Ox. Street! Shocking to be honest, it's not like I'm in a middle of a forest or something.