topic Re: EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction in Mobile Network discussions

EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction

DJW-20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:32:20 GMT

Just been out through clapham today, twice. Took 2 speedtests at different times on the platforms.

This was it at 09:32

And at 16:38, not even a speedtest would work, let alone an imessage send.

Is anyone else having this sort of experience there? And more importantly, does anyone have a crystal ball and could tell me if EE are planning an upgrade here? It seems like it needs one. I was also under the impression they were putting a DAS there

Re: EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction

bristolian — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:48:09 GMT

Out of interest, did you make a note of which bands/carriers you were using?

Re: EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction

Northerner — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:52:35 GMT

Hi @DJW-20

Are you on EE PAYG or pay monthly contract.

Looks like you're connected to 4G only.

Try restarting your device.

Thanks

Re: EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction

DJW-20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:34:48 GMT

Re: EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction

DJW-20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:37:14 GMT

PAYM on an essentials max plan. My device doesn’t support 5G but it still falls below what is expected from EE 4g.

When I upgrade in September/October we can retest that

Performed a manual roam when there, that has basically the same effect

Re: EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction

Northerner — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:05:32 GMT

Hi @DJW-20

What device as it must be old to not have a 5G radio. If you're on 4G only you maybe limited to certain frequencies hence the speed.

Thanks

Re: EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction

bristolian — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:19:52 GMT

@Northerner wrote:
What device as it must be old to not have a 5G radio. If you're on 4G only you maybe limited to certain frequencies hence the speed.

This is not a scenario caused by the user being on 4G, and thus 5G being the fix

A 4G-device is capable of speeds much greater than quoted here.

Re: EE 4G dreadful at Clapham Junction

DJW-20 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:40:10 GMT

An iphone 11. Is compatible with most of EE's bands and can achieve speeds of 400+mbps on 4G, I've seen it happen before