topic Re: Shared Rural upgrade in Mobile Network discussions

Shared Rural upgrade

Ianclimb8 — Wed, 28 May 2025 17:27:14 GMT

Will Langholm be getting a well earned upgrade

the net work is currently very poor and underpowered see screenshot - translates to 1 bar strength and 18mb download and 2mb upload - very poor service

Re: Shared Rural upgrade

Northerner — Wed, 28 May 2025 17:45:42 GMT

Hi @Ianclimb8

Have you checked EE coverage and network status checker?

https://ee.co.uk/help/service-status

Can you make and receive calls. Do you have access to EE WiFi calling service.

Thanks

Re: Shared Rural upgrade

Ianclimb8 — Wed, 28 May 2025 18:39:40 GMT

I have checked frequently open to complaints and had engineers visit - I have even checked mast maps used high gain outdoor aerial ended up on broadband because it better than rubbish 4G to date.

id like a date when we will improve service here fiber to the house should be possible - why is it not here ?

5G would be great but a stronger signal would be nice too ?

quite frustrating to know that fiber is at the green box in the town square …

Re: Shared Rural upgrade

bristolian — Wed, 28 May 2025 19:20:52 GMT

Signal strength has no direct correlation to data speeds.

Out of curiosity, what do you want to use your phone for, that 18Mb/s is insufficient?

Both sites serving Langholm are single-carrier B3-1800Mhz alongside B20-800Mhz. So a total of 25Mhz bandwidth that would drop to 5Mhz in poor radio conditions.