Mobile Networks

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3469

Yeah, crazy slow and sometimes non-existent. I wonder if any networks are actually good in central London now? Vodafone seemed to be improving at the point I switched a couple of years ago.

3470

From what I understood it’s the councils and residents blocking new masts going up so I doubt anything will change any time soon.

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3472

No service for Three, O2, Vodafone.

Stuck on my revolut esim, full EE signal on the Merseyrail underground, £3 for 1GB was a bit of a sting but given the WiFi isn’t working, real treat to work so well.

3473

I always find it funny how people differ - EE works perfectly in London for me. Three and O2 were nightmares.

I work within sight of Parliament so I feel like I am in “central” frequently enough!

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3474

fixed now!

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3475

I think it really depends on the mast, and how many are connected to it.

Vodafone I know near any hospital has terrible coverage - and I believe it’s because the NHS runs on Vodafone! So suddenly thousands of extra devices connected.

I find Three to be the fastest 5G but many people I know wouldn’t touch Three with a barge pole. It really has a bad reputation!

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3476

I’ve never had issues with EE anywhere even in buildings when travelling to Laaaannddhhonn, whereas my backup line, Sky a.k.a O2 never works.

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3477

Depends on where you are. There are plenty of good spots, but sadly the places I go seem to be quite bad. I’m fairly sure it’s a capacity issue, as the phone will often show multiple bars of signal, but drop calls or refuse to load web pages.

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3478

Definitely this.

Just moving a hundred yards or so can make a huge difference to your mobile reception.

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3479

I turn my home router a cm to the right and I lose about 40-60mbps.

Very fickle :joy:

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3480

Sat behind Liverpool St station. Very poor here.

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3481

This is mine near work, roughly between Lambeth and Westminster bridges:

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3482

What’s the speed test app you’re using?

Funnily, the most reliable and fastest speeds I seem to get now are in the underground tunnels that now have 5g

3483

nPerf

3484

This is a thing?

3485

yeah most of central https://content.tfl.gov.uk/below-ground-4g-5g-tube-map-april-2025.pdf

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3486

It’s funny as I’ve just moved to Lebara and I can’t get a 5g signal on the underground :thinking:

3487

You’re on the poor man’s Vodafone that’s why.

3488

Very much so! Didn’t think it wouldn’t work there tho. But for £1 a month I think I can live without a signal for 10 mins a day.

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