V-Tech Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 EE said it wanted to have a million 4G customers by the end of the year, but it won't have to wait nearly that long. The UK carrier just topped that mark four months ahead of its stated deadline while its competitors are just getting off the starting blocks. O2 and Vodafone both fired up their respective LTE networks less than two weeks ago, while Three's won't launch until December. Despite having been the only game in town until recently, EE claims the UK's adoption of 4G has been one of the world's fastest so far. It seems like there's a lot more technofreaks out there than Vodafone imagined. http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/09/ee-hits-its-million-4g-customer-goal-four-months-early/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Only one bar? Sounds about right. the better twin 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
]SK[ Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 What are peoples opinions on 4G over 3G? Is it dramatically quicker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Only one bar? Sounds about right. I took out a 30 day contract a week ago (which, btw, you have to have for 60 at least as you have to give 30 days notice to cancel), to test the LTE signal before I upgraded my main contract account to 4G. Their map shows I'm within the coverage area and should get 1 bar. Testing that, I find that the LTE signal drops out about 2 miles away from me, and all I can get is HSDPA+ intermittently, so that's a lie for a start. However, further testing showed I get very similar speed test results on LTE as I do on HSDPA+, so now I can't decide whether to upgrade my contract or not. It's not like it's a whole lot faster than regular HSDPA and I have wifi at home anyway... FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 /snip What is the price difference? I'm thinking it's probably not a great offer for you atm. I'm mostly on wifi right now, so I'm in no real rush to jump on the bandwagon. This ###### should be like HDTV, i.e. no extra cost to the customer, I mean, we've been paying them bucket loads for decades already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin1338 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I took out a 30 day contract a week ago (which, btw, you have to have for 60 at least as you have to give 30 days notice to cancel), to test the LTE signal before I upgraded my main contract account to 4G. Their map shows I'm within the coverage area and should get 1 bar. Testing that, I find that the LTE signal drops out about 2 miles away from me, and all I can get is HSDPA+ intermittently, so that's a lie for a start. However, further testing showed I get very similar speed test results on LTE as I do on HSDPA+, so now I can't decide whether to upgrade my contract or not. It's not like it's a whole lot faster than regular HSDPA and I have wifi at home anyway... Poor you. I have tmobile with 13/3 and 40ms in my region..i decided against LTE as long as the prices are ridiculously high and the limits are so low. btw.. when did EE hit the WP8 GDR2 button? Also 4 month ahead of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 What is the price difference? I'm thinking it's probably not a great offer for you atm. I'm mostly on wifi right now, so I'm in no real rush to jump on the bandwagon. This **** should be like HDTV, i.e. no extra cost to the customer, I mean, we've been paying them bucket loads for decades already. I can switch my contract for either the same price but 250mb a month less data, or ?5 more for the same 1gb a month... Probably not the best deal right now. If I could get consistent HSDPA+ at work I might consider it, but it's pretty intermittent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 btw.. when did EE hit the WP8 GDR2 button? Also 4 month ahead of time? Don't know, sorry. I'm an Android guy atm. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I can switch my contract for either the same price but 250mb a month less data, or ?5 more for the same 1gb a month... Probably not the best deal right now. If I could get consistent HSDPA+ at work I might consider it, but it's pretty intermittent. Ah! It's not that bad then. I thought it would be more. I suppose only you can be the judge of whether it's worth it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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