Why does nothing load when my phone is on ‘E’?
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Have app designers made their apps so they’ll only load content when you’ve got a 3G connection? Previously things used to load, albeit slower, when my connection was ‘E’. Some time ago this changed and since then nothing will load at all when it’s on ‘E’, it just tells me there’s no internet connection, even though there is, albeit a relatively slow one. I’d rather the content loaded slowly than not at all and as much of the stuff I read to entertain myself when waiting for trains, queueing in shops, etc. is only text anyway it should still load fairly quickly even without 3G.
For what it’s worth the Phone is an iPhone 4S which has always been on O2, though I literally just switched to Giff Gaff, though that’s not likely to make a difference.
For what it’s worth the Phone is an iPhone 4S which has always been on O2, though I literally just switched to Giff Gaff, though that’s not likely to make a difference.
Edited by MitchT on Wednesday 1st October 08:43
Oakey said:
O2 is terrible. I needed to get a businesses phone number off Google last week and the internet simply wouldn't load. I could see a cell phone mast literally 100 yards in front of me.
Had the same issue a few weeks back out walking the dog, streaming radio with the mast in sight with full 3g signal...nothing. O2 around Colchester/Chelmsford is terrible, really don't know who to move to.clonmult said:
Huge letters, and the corporate branding is normally obvious. O2 masts are blue. Vodafone masts are red. EE masts are a turquoise/orange mix.
I have a vodafone 4g mast about 200m from my office. I can see it from my office window and it is silver metal frame and white transmitters. There is another mast at the other end of my business park that is the same design.Never seen a red mast? (not saying they don't exist, but in my area they all look the same (grey/white colour).
clonmult said:
Huge letters, and the corporate branding is normally obvious. O2 masts are blue. Vodafone masts are red. EE masts are a turquoise/orange mix.
Not quite. The coloring you see is actually neon lighting, not the masts themselves which are made of lightweight composite superheated alloy. It defies my understanding that mobile operators all have their own masts. Why not just have a network of state owned masts which the network providers could rent space on. That way you'd only have one mast for each cell and providers would be able to provide better courage in places where they might otherwise not get permission to put a mast.
MitchT said:
It defies my understanding that mobile operators all have their own masts. Why not just have a network of state owned masts which the network providers could rent space on. That way you'd only have one mast for each cell and providers would be able to provide better courage in places where they might otherwise not get permission to put a mast.
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