There are quite a number of comments on forums and twitter from people who claim that since the networks introduced 4G data speeds, the existing 3G service has suffered a drop in speed.
This could be a knock on affect of the 4G bandwidth or it might be the networks finding a way to make people want to move to 4G data tariffs.
If you have 4G in your area, have you noticed slower 3G data speeds?
Hot on the heels of Vodafone and O2 turning on their LTE networks to compete against EE in 4G services in the UK, Three has confirmed its roadmap and pricing for 4G services. The UK’s fourth-largest carrier, owned by Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa, will start offering LTE beginning December 2013, starting first in London, Birmingham and Manchester; then going to 50 cities in 2014; and finally extending to 98 percent of the population by the end of 2015.
Three is offering 4G internet speeds in style to lure more people to its network by offering services at the same rates as it currently sells 3G — effectively a sizeable discount on what its competitors are doing.
Well done to Three UK!
Next week 4g starts to get rolled out initially in London but then nationwide. The problem is the frequency used by mobile networks is very close to that used by freeview.
At800, a company funded by the mobile industry and charged with making sure viewers are not affected, insists that tests in south-east London since April have so far shown there is nothing to worry about.
But Ofcom’s own estimates are that up to two million people could be hit nationwide given the number and power of the 4G base stations that will be installed. In February, the regulator warned that one per cent of UK households could be left with no broadcast television at all as 4G is rolled out across the country.
At800 admitted it had ordered in “a few million” filters that worried homeowners can fit to the aerial going into the back of TV set to fix any problem with interference.
However, there won’t be any concrete proof until it’s too late as to the number impacted. Some reports reckon the number who will lose TV permanently are considerably higher than those indicated by Ofcom.
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