So having done some extensive research into this, because I've clearly got nothing better to do on my days off, looking at mast sites utilised by EE, within a few mile square radius of my house there are 4 masts, on the second closest one I am right on the very edge of the transmission range, on one of the Cell bands. On all of the other 3 masts (including one which is no more than 1/4 mile from my house and mounted 30 metres up above a church tower) my address is not covered by any of the cellular bands. I also spoke with an EE tech support rep on the live chat just now who has stated that I was connected to a mast in a certain area, I checked this area and located the mast in a field next to a small country lane. I then looked at elevation maps and found that my address has an approximate elevation of 212 metres above sea level and the mast is located somewhere approximately 186 metres above sea level. The mast is NOT 30metres off the ground and is probably not even 10M off the ground.
This mast only covers half of my road, and i'm probably the last house within the transmission band. How ludicrous is it to place a mast on top of a church tower 30 metres off the ground that ONLY covers a range of around 200 metres, the transmission band shown is a "kite" shape and of course my address is well of out this band, despite being no more than a 30 second drive from the mast itself.
It appears that my road, along with about 5 other small roads that form a rectangular shape on a map, all happen to be within a square radius of about 100 metres that is entirely untouched by all of the masts except one, and that one only covers half of my road.
If EE want to increase prices, and expect me to be happy to pay for it. Are they going to erect a mast closer to my house? Or install higher power transmitters to their existing ones? Thought not. No doubt they need planning and whatever other nonsense to modify transmission power and alter frequencies.
