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Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Update: 16 February 2023

Over the past few days, our engineers have completed integrating the mast onto the network and full service has been restored to South Queensferry.

We will continue to monitor performance in the area.


Update: 25 January 2023

Our engineers are waiting for additional equipment required to complete the transmission for the new mast. We expect the equipment to arrive in the next few weeks and will arrange access with the site provider to complete the integration of the mast onto the network. We are working to complete the integration as quickly as possible and restore service to South Queensferry. We will work with the site provider to gain access as soon as the equipment arrives. Barring any unforeseen delays, we expect the mast to be on-air by the middle of February.

We will keep you updated on this post.


Update: 10 January 2023

Over the past few weeks our engineers have completed the work required to make sure the area is health and safety compliant. We are working with the site provider to access the area and complete integrating the mast onto the network and confirm an approximate on-air date.

We will keep you updated on this post.


Update: 20 December 2022

Over the past few weeks, the solution for the health and safety issue has been approved. Barring any unforeseen delays, we expect to start building the equipment needed for the new mast over the new few weeks and expect the mast to be on-air by early January.

We will keep you updated on this post.


Update: 07 December 2022

Over the past few weeks, our engineers have visited the site to complete the transmission. However, we have found further health and safety issues at the area and have been unable to complete the work required. We have designed a solution for the health and safety issue and have submitted the solution for approval. We expect to have a decision by the end of December. Pending a positive outcome, we can complete the transmission safely and confirm an approximate on-air date for the mast.

We will keep you updated on this post.


Update: 10 November 2022

Our engineers are planning for work to commence on the mast next week. We’ll be working hard to get the site up and running by early December. Once all work is completed, full service will be restored in the area.

We will keep you updated on this post.


Update: 13 October 2022

Our engineers have completed building the equipment needed for the new mast. During the build, we have found further work is required for the transmission to be completed, and that the transmission link needed to integrate the mast onto the network is located within an area that is severely unsafe to access for health and safety reasons. The area will need to be health and safety compliant before access can be granted, and we are working with the site provider to access the area safely to complete the transmission to the mast. Once all work has been completed, we can confirm an approximate on-air date for the mast.

We will keep you updated on this post.


Update: 30 September 2022

Our engineers have started building the equipment needed for the new mast and expect to have this completed within the next few weeks. During the build, we have found the transmission link needed to integrate the mast onto the network requires additional parts to complete the transmission. Our engineers are waiting for a date to access the area where the transmission link is located safely to complete the transmission to the mast. Once all work has been completed, we can confirm an approximate on-air date for the mast.

We will keep you updated on this post.


Update: 14 September 2022

Over the past month, our engineers have started building the equipment needed for the new mast. We have been working with a specialist rigging team to complete the build. Unfortunately, due to circumstances out of our control, we have experienced a delay completing the rigging at the location. Barring any further unforeseen delays, we expect the rigging to be completed by the end of September. Once this work is completed, we can start integrating the mast onto the network. We expect the mast to be on-air by the middle of October.

We will keep you updated on this post.


We have been made aware the land which our mast is located on in the South Queensferry area is due to be redeveloped. Unfortunately, this means the site provider has requested our equipment to be removed this week. This may impact service in the area for some of our customers.

 

As soon as we were made aware our equipment would need to be relocated, our engineers began looking for a new location for the mast. We have located a new area for the mast to be installed and have completed designs to make sure the area is suitable for the equipment. The designs have been approved and we have completed legal steps to acquire the land from the site provider.

 

Our engineers have started building the equipment needed for the new mast in the area and, barring any unforeseen delays, we expect the build to be completed by the end of August. Once all work is completed, we can start installing the mast onto the network, we expect the mast to be on-air by the end of September.

 

We will keep you updated on this post.

 

We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused. In the meantime, you may be able to use WiFi Calling to make and receive calls and texts over a WiFi connection. 

 

For information on who can use WiFi Calling and how to set up this service, please see our EE WiFi Calling: All you need to know - The EE Community

 

63 REPLIES 63

Smarty 120gb for £12 rather than nae signal and no response from EE, and having to call them every month for an update and refund which takes 30-40mins

Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Hi @Crait

Thanks for coming here. 

The main post has been updated now. 

Leanne.

EErnotthebest
Investigator
Investigator

This is not good enough.

Best in the UK?? Except if you live in South Queensferry.

Emergency services needed to contact me this week and struggled to get through. Staff don't care, and make up excuses that there should be enough masts in the area.

MisterP76
Visitor

Could you please let me know how to make an official complaint. 

I was told in August there would be a fix by end September 2022. 

In December I enquired again and was told it would be passed to engineers 🤷‍♂️ and someone would notify me when a solution was know. The operator on this call appeared to have no idea what was going one even though I spelled it out to them 🤦‍♂️.

 

To date, over £500 has been taken from my account  for 3 contracts.

This is not good enough. 

Could you pass the contact details of your complaints procedure and department please.

 

 


@MisterP76 wrote:

Could you pass the contact details of your complaints procedure and department please.


https://ee.co.uk/help/help-new/safety-and-security/protecting-your-information/complaints-code-of-pr... 

EErnotthebest
Investigator
Investigator

Still rubbish service

Going to phone EE again now. Hopefully they won't say no problems there are plenty of masts nearby! Wish me luck!

Bigpace
Investigator
Investigator

We are promised a resumption of service nearly every month and now it is mid-February!    That's six months without a mobile service.

I am now on first name terms with the customer service team at BT mobile as I phone them every month to get a full refund of my mobile bill.

The way EE has dealt with the replacement mast and the customers affected is atrocious.

According to Ofcom, not only should you be refunding mobile phone bills, you should also be providing fair compensation.

I know that EE signed up to automatic compensation for landline and broadband, does this also apply to mobile broadband and connections?

 

EErnotthebest
Investigator
Investigator

25 Jan 2023

Another meaningless / copy-paste response from the UKs number1 mobile provider.

Forgive me for not believing you. 

I bet you 50p it will not be sorted in February 2023. My guess it will be Feb 2024!

Look forward to same message next month ..... 

Darrenu
Investigator
Investigator

My still very poor signal would suggest that either the mast isn’t working yet or the new location was a bad choice… 

 

gerryhill800
Contributor
Contributor

Yes, saw your update on the 16th February, I can see a signal, although the download/upload speeds are awful, it's only a few megabits per second. It was really high before you took down the old mast. I also noted that the new site is fed by a microwave dish link, (line-of-sight) to the nearby EE mast at Easter Dalmeny. It's not difficult to spot the design. Unfortunately, near the Dundas Home Farm Road end is a line of deciduous trees at the same height as the new mast a few hundred yards down the road. Maybe not important now, but when those trees begin to grow leaves, the signal will deteriorate for sure later in the year. Tell your planners and engineers there's a visual flaw. Hope they have a contingency, especially after waiting all this time with no service.