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    UK mobile users had least reliable experience in G7 in 2024, data shows

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    2. SKYLINEBOY2002UK on

      Can confirm.

      But we have a lot of history, and with that comes problems.

      Eg older buildings, and infrastructure gets in the way.

      Akin to how Americans think 1800s is old, whilst we say “ahh that’s cute, we have bank buildings older than your country”.

    3. Dennyisthepisslord on

      I rarely get 5g signal I get something called 4g+ all the time. Personally that’s fine for me

    5. pooponapee on

      I go hiking in Europe. I have had consistent 5g coverage up mountains while only encountering 5 other people.

      I am currently sat in England with H signal in one of the larger cities in the country.

    6. O-bot54 on

      I had better 4G signal on Mt olympus in cyprus than i have ever had in the UK , on EE which is one of the better ones.

      14 years of tories blocking infrastructure development

    8. baldy-84 on

      Our phone networks are absolute shit. Maybe we should stop letting NIMBYs make mast construction a complete fucking lottery? Just a thought.

    11. RefdOneThousand on

      And we wonder why the economy was any working efficiently – this is just another symptom: a lack of investment in decent infrastructure.

      E.g. Travelling by train on west coast mainline and there is no reliable 3/4/5G signal along the route – so people can’t work easily when travelling for business.

      I heard some people can’t use some electric car chargers in remote locations if they can’t reach their network.

      And they wonder why we are not as productive in this country…

    12. AnalTinnitus on

      Signal is terrible on EVERY network where I live. 3 or 4 bars of 4G and nothing loads, messages don’t get sent or received until I find WiFi.

    13. lkdomiplhomie on

      Is there anything working properly in Uk ? Or is it just some kind of cruel joke?It can not go on like that forever.Everything is crumbling and at some point services will just stop working

    14. T-Rex_MD on

      I kid you not, my O2, connects once every 10-15 days for an hour or so.

      I haven’t used it in over a year. Paying for it monthly. I am always trying to get around to take care of it but it never happens or they make it difficult to get around it by putting illegal blocks. Anyway, I’ve settled down for suing them in a few years.

    15. carboncopy404 on

      I bought my first house recently just a mile out from the centre (postcode ends in 1) and everyone on EE who comes to visit gets no or very poor signal. It’s insane.

    17. NeverGonnaGiveMewUp on

      I can sit in my back garden in a suburban area and get absolutely no signal.

      It was always bad but after the push to 5g I don’t even get 4G anymore.

      It used to at least be 3G/4G occasionally. Now it’s the satellite icon or nothing.

    18. microfournerds on

      This year I’ve been to the Faroe islands and even had 5g in the underground tunnels between islands. Norway, Tokyo, Costa rica and Greece, and it’s been flawless everywhere. I was even having a video chat out to sea between the Greece and Albania border lol.

      I can’t even connect to Spotify on my own front garden. Signal only kicks in about half a mile away and even then it’s H. Absolutely terrible in the UK. You don’t realise quite how bad it is until you visit other places.

    19. SweetAsWarts on

      My village in rural Norfolk only just got a phone mast put up this year. Up until then a home phone was absolutely necessary. Glad to join you all in the 21st century

    22. ImJustARunawaay on

      I swear mobile data has gotten worse – and no, it’s not simply because my expectations have risen.,

      When the concept of usable, tetherable data came in – it was a game changer for me. I was (well, am) a consultant, living on the road and WiFi was patchy and often not existent. So from Day 1, I’ve had whatever “unlimited” type data deals are available and I’ve used them for work – whether that be downloading large files, or for remote accessing systems, general web browsing etc.

      In 2024, I can no longer rely on it when I go somewhere. It’s so insanely hit and miss. and often completely unusable

      Phone calls are as bad. Used to be able to drive for hours on the motorway chattering away on hands free – now I don’t even bother trying because I know it’s going to be in and out

    23. tebbus on

      Not surprising at all. The amount of famous live streamers who have come to the UK and simply haven’t been able to stream because the internet was so bad has been astonishing. Throwing all the tourism money down the drain with it.

      We do ourselves no favors.

    24. Traditional_Pop4844 on

      Central Birmingham and Central Coventry and I barely have signal.

      Had better service in the dessert in Morocco at this point

    25. loaded_and_locked on

      I was in Barcelona in 2015 and getting 3G signal while riding on their subway system. It was then I realised that UK mobile signal was lesser of a service than what was available on the continent.

    26. alex20towed on

      This year I’ve been working in Finland, Sweden and serbia. Working in rural and remote areas. The worst place I have mobile phone coverage is England, not even in rural areas.

      Rural serbia in the mountains had better service than Derbyshire. But tbf a whole town in serbia lost its water supply for two days because some guy was a bit reckless with some underground pipes. So swings and roundabouts

    27. Beginning-Sundae8760 on

      Whenever I see people working on trains, especially on zooms or teams meetings, I always wonder how. I get the train regularly between Cardiff-Manchester and Cardiff-London and I don’t have coverage for 60-70% of the journey. On board WiFi coverage also seems to mirror your phone coverage and will dip in and out at the same locations. I’ve actually just stared to print things off now before getting on a train so I don’t have to rely on coverage or on board WiFi.

    29. Important_March1933 on

      A few reasons, the closure of 3G, the huaweui closure and the fact the government doesn’t provide support to the mobile operators in the U.K. unlike Europe, to build network in no profitable areas, such as along major train routes.

    30. suck-my-spez on

      Paying £8/month with O2 and for the first time in a long time, i actually feel like it’s a fair price for what i receive.

      O2 are a sack of shit but it gets me £20gb & roaming.

    32. ClimbNowAndAgain on

      Places near me, you can’t even make a phone call on EE, let alone use the Internet. Edge of a town, not that rural.

    33. TremendousCustard on

      I have terrible signal with O2 – there’s a known issue in my town they aren’t rectifying anyway. Even going elsewhere, it’s terrible and I’d guess it’s because it’s oversubscribed. On EE previously and changed due to cost. Regretting it as always had amazing signal bar a weekend in Swanage.

    34. Important_March1933 on

      It doesn’t help when consumers in the U.K. want everything as cheap as possible. I bet there are many on here commenting how bad the network is with their £5 a month giffgaff SIM card, in a reused phone. It’s the same with most things, people want everything cheap and expect the service.

    35. bobblebob100 on

      Those 5G transmitters are working overtime spreading the covids, no room for data to get through

    36. I2RFreely on

      The most annoying thing is when i get a notification that i have a voicemail. No missed call and no ring. Voicemail left says to call them back and they assume I have their missed call number so they dont leave a number.
      .
      Sor when I call my partner and it says we can not connect. No notification for her either. It wasnt like this 2 years ago.

    37. withoutnickname on

      Mobile coverage is joke in UK. It’s been 3 years since I moved here and it’s never been good. Inside my flat signaling is bad. I thought it can be normal, then I experienced worse on central areas outdoors. Recently, I’ve been in Oxford Street on Black Friday and I couldn’t get internet with EE which claims to be the best of UK. 1.5 year ago I was in the same street with less population and EE employee “do you know how many people here in Oxford Street now?” And I said “do you know how many people in Istanbul? I’ve never had this problem..”

    38. cvzero on

      You always feel it, but you only realize how bad the UK mobile network is once you’be been abroad to anywhere in Europe (outside the UK).

      Shouldn’t have banned Huawei until the replacement technology was available.

    39. james2183 on

      It’s insane. For so long I just thought it was where I was living or the phone I was using that was causing so much awful signal issues. When I started to commute into London again and it was just as bad I finally realised it wasn’t. So bad.