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Persistent mobile data issues in Holywood BT18

psx_ni
Visitor

Could EE please investigate the ongoing mobile data issues in Holywood BT18.

The phone often shows a good 4G signal with 3 out of 4 bars, but mobile data is either unusable or extremely slow. Web pages frequently fail to load and simply time out. At times I cannot even send a text message.

The issue affects the High Street and the surrounding side streets. It has been happening for years.

I previously reported this by phone and was told that checks showed everything was working correctly. However, this does not reflect the real world experience, as many people in the town regularly complain about the same problem.

The connection is extremely inconsistent. Running a speed test often fails several times in a row, then one attempt might suddenly achieve around 50 Mbps. Other times it reports only 0.1 Mbps. The results appear completely random despite the phone consistently showing a good signal.

Please could this be investigated further, as it appears to be a capacity or network quality issue rather than a signal strength issue.

If EE had someone simply walk around the town and try using the network, they would understand the frustration from users in the town.  Talk to anyone and you'll quickly hear of the issues.  It's especially bad indoors.

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Schockwave
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

Hello .@psx_ni,

Welcome to the community,

You can check here, register and report and receive updates:

https://ee.co.uk/help/mobile-coverage-checker?_gl=1*cdaute*FPAU*OTQxNTgyNzIuMTc3NTU3MjAxMg..*_ga*NzE...

This is a public forum and most of us are customers like you, so no we cannot do this. Unfortunately, indoors can be bad, as depending on buildings and surrounding area, can cause signal problems, so nothing EE can do, this can happen with any network, this is why there is wifi calling on phones nowadays, that when set up and you have fixed broadband, will enable it to work.

To contact EE customer service dial 150 from your mobile phone or ring customer service for free using web based app or another phone: +44 800 079 8586 or +44 800 956 6000.
bristolian
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

Your reference to inconsistency is what strikes me  - the most.

Good indicated coverage with slow data speeds (which I would personally describe anything below ~5Mbps) would be associated with capacity issues. Speed tests suddenly jumping between ~50Mbps & 0.1Mbps would tend to indicate more a device issue, it would be extremely unusual for network loads to vary so suddenly. Also text messages & voice calls should still succeed even in extreme cases of congestion, this is by design.

What is your level of familiarity with the radio interface? I'm referring to radio frequency bands and carrier-IDs mostly.