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Is it completely unreasonable to expect a decent Vodafone 3G signal in central Newbury?, . |
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Oct 24 2012, 01:56 PM
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QUOTE (Sherlock @ Oct 24 2012, 02:27 PM) It's still like the Somme out there by the way. In the Mud-o-Meter levels it's nearer Passchendeale As for the VF signal I've always assumed that O2 and other service providers almost deliberately target places like Newbury (and their other competitors HQs) and use clever methods to interfere and drown out the Vodafone signal locally to give them a bad name in their 'home town'* * - Not much longer before Newbury is no longer the home town for Vodafone I reckon...
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Oct 24 2012, 03:00 PM
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QUOTE (Sherlock @ Oct 24 2012, 02:27 PM) Last time I expressed my dissatisfaction with Vodafone here some joker replied (he wasn't actually joking) along the lines of 'just because Vodafone is based here it wasn't reasonable to expect a decent service from them'. I would guess he was probably trying to make a point that, just because their HQ is here, doesn't mean that Newbury will have the best VF signal in the UK. And he'd be right! I think the number of masts in any location in the UK simply comes down to population and possibly one or two local limitations. You can go here... http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/search...and see who has what masts in the area.
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Oct 24 2012, 03:51 PM
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QUOTE (Sherlock @ Oct 24 2012, 02:27 PM) *n.b. that's irony, No it's not. And is not the correct phrase "sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of wit" or something along those lines?
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Nov 6 2012, 10:55 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Nov 6 2012, 10:49 AM) Reviving this thread, because I have just discovered that the 'H' you see in the status bar instead of '3G' stands for HSPA which is in fact faster and better than 3G, and is sometimes nicknamed 3.5G. Hadn't realised that - I will stop having that internal groan when I see the 3G replaced by an H.
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Nov 6 2012, 02:21 PM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Nov 6 2012, 02:03 PM) I lost patience with Vodafone a while back, which is why I have just switched from them to T-Mobile or EE as they are now known. Does anybody know what the "E" that sometimes replaces the "3G" means? It means Edge, which is sometimes displayed as 2.5G and is an enhancement from standard 2G/GPRS.
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Nov 7 2012, 01:45 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Nov 6 2012, 07:45 PM) I thought he was a she. And that their Great Auntie was the president of Kazakhstan as well.
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Nov 7 2012, 07:48 PM
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QUOTE (Spider @ Nov 7 2012, 06:09 PM) Which surprises me as their headquarters are in Newbury. Well, the BBC's headquarters are in London (or maybe Salford), but I get a surprisingly good TV signal here.
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Nov 7 2012, 07:50 PM
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QUOTE (Spider @ Nov 7 2012, 06:09 PM) I have Vodafone but I noticed that when I go into some areas my signals goes. Which surprises me as their headquarters are in Newbury. Would I be any better off looking for another mobile phone? company? Same mindset as asking why dealers in Birmingham didn't all have every derivative of Austin's range on the forecourt for immediate delivery all the time....
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Nov 7 2012, 09:14 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Nov 7 2012, 07:48 PM) Well, the BBC's headquarters are in London (or maybe Salford), but I get a surprisingly good TV signal here. I would imagine their equipment is totally different.
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Nov 7 2012, 09:20 PM
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QUOTE (Spider @ Nov 7 2012, 06:09 PM) I have Vodafone but I noticed that when I go into some areas my signals goes. Which surprises me as their headquarters are in Newbury. Would I be any better off looking for another mobile phone? company? I thought Vodafone moved their HQ to London after Chris Gent retired and his replacement had no interest in spending his time out in the sticks.
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Nov 7 2012, 09:35 PM
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QUOTE (Spider @ Nov 7 2012, 09:14 PM) I would imagine their equipment is totally different. I don't see what that has to do with anything. The point is why should the location of a company's headquarters have any effect on your experience of their product?
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