Nice find there. I also note that it was 3G 2100MHz, which a lot of areas (especially rural ones) didn't actually get, and just had 900MHz 3G from the tall towers. It seemed like areas that got 3G 2100 prior to the 4G days kept the 2100, but areas that never had 3G (especially more rural areas) just got 900MHz and 800MHz. There are definitely some areas where Vodafone's (and O2's) signal is a bit iffy on 4G, and hence these smaller solutions would come in quite handy. Maybe a 4G (and 5G) solution would be better, but still, I'd happily have a 3G mini mast in my area to keep non-VoLTE devices alive.
Great video as always Peter. I was able to visit one of the upgraded ROSS sites in the Lake District today, it appeared to be a Mavenir O410 small cell. Speeds on L21 @ 10mhz were around 65/20mbps and 40ms latency.
@@positivitygenerator Maybe you can see some other interesting radio channels. See Ringway Manchester, not telecom exactly but still interesting radio stuff.
EE's 3G was the only thing that worked (from EE) when they twiddled with my local mast. Now that's gone, EE is kinda hopeless, relying on 800MHz for overage which gives naff all speeds and capacity. For me it's 3 > Vodafone > O2 >>> EE.
There is a 3 mast in norfolk near me that is still exclusively 3G and causing a huge deadspot due to the poor range. With the 3G switch off this year I can only assume the mast will be upgraded to 4G/5G?
Going from Vodafone's application form it seems to use what ever backhaul is available to the occupier of the installation site. Vodafone state 4mbps minimum. I would suspect many are on ADSL or similar.
Jokes aside, sick video 🔥 although there are still a few 3G only sites that still haven't been shut down, I'm probably going to assume that Three Mobile is going to leave a few 3G sites untouched too
