Sky created their own IMS hence they have Wi-Fi calling, I am not sure if 4G calling falls into that.
I’m getting fed up of o2 and want to leave but i am still in contract, do you guys have any idea on how to avoid the early termination fee?
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You can’t. You receive some small discount, or used to.
You can also try complain a few times. If its signal issues be sure to note all the instances it’s impacted, build a page long head ache complaint and ping it off to the ceo email address found online.
They might counter or if it’s a handset plan, allow you to return it if within 6 months.
O2 really excels here in Hartlepool in some places!
4G (5G is rubbish).
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What’s an IMS please?
You may see this initiate day to day, like when you’re on a call and still see 4G/5G and can browser the internet, instead of it losing connection all together and having to wait until you’re off the call.
It also allows Wi-Fi calling, if you’re at home with no signal, calls and sms will route over Wi-Fi instead.
Sky mobile built their own IMS so they support Wi-Fi calling and 4G calling (VoLTE).
Giffgaff is yet to create their own (or O2 just let them use theirs, similar to Vodafone did with Lebara). Same goes for Tesco.
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Blimey, I think I need to move to Hartlepool! Wish O2 was that good in Weymouth!
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Lol you really don’t wanna move here. Sooner I move away the better.
Heading Manchester or maybe Liverpool or home to Chester, O2 isn’t great in any of those as far as I know 
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Haha, I’ve never been to Hartlepool, but if it’s like Newcastle I’d like it!
Manchester is my fave with the trams. 
Three really does excel with 5G, commonly see gigabit speeds around the web.
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Unless you’re in a location that has consistently good 5G strength on three I think you’re going to be disappointed unfortunately. 4G speeds are awful and even living in a major 4G zone I’m constantly forced onto 3G by the network. Managed to get Three to cancel my contract 8 months early with no fees so I could switch networks
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If you’re in a area where you can access the full 5G from three then I guess it’ll be decent, but from my own experience despite having 4G full coverage I don’t think I ever managed to use 4G once . It’s shame because three have good value but unfortunately where I am in the UK i might as well use dial up speeds
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This is the same with all networks though. Very location dependent. EE is great here too but just expensive.
Vodafone need to up their game and start adding capacity all over instead of relying on band 20/3.
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100% location dependability is a major factor, but networks such as EE have reduced location dependability a lot over the last few years.
I am bias as I live in a very rural area so EE are one of the only networks where I am to offer decent coverage etc. and it does come at heavy price I admit, I’m lucky enough to still be a BT mobile customer so I have a pretty decent plan and price, However i have been with Vodafone for years and have always had a very decent service with them, but I agree they do need to step their game up, hopefully the Three merger will ignite some sort of change
EE do well because they have significant spectrum in band 3 and aggregate it which provides great speed and coverage. They also have BT powering their backhaul for the most part so they can stick 10gig fibre to every mast they can physically do so for such performance.
O2 has/had the most customers and haven’t utilised their bandwidth as time has gone by, Three let themselves down by pricing too low and as with O2, didn’t keep up with consumer base therefore done themselves over.
5G will fix a lot once more people are active on it and even more so when 5G no longer relies on 4G as it does in its current form for the most part.
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Turn off the other sim as I found with my Pixel, it somewhat halved the results at times having O2 and Three active.
Also change the Three apn in mobile network settings to 3internet instead of three.co.uk to see if that improves.
Actually, smarty apn makes no impact so ignore that bit.
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All for it. Vodafone needs the 5G as it’s been slow rollout for sure.
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Where I live the rollout for Vodafone 5G has been gathering pace but in 4G areas, I generally find that EE performs better. My phone is setup with duel sims due to patch coverage in and around my time.
My main contract is with Vodafone and I have a pay as go with EE but it’s making me consider switching to EE when my contact is up.
I used to be Orange since it started and then later became EE but then it all went to pot and I switched to Vodafone. Maybe EE have improved.
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So does this mean their bandwidth and connection and all within will be merged into one? That would surely overtake EE?
They will need to sell some off to O2 and EE to balance it and make it equal, otherwise yes they would be a power to be reckoned with
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