* Posts by EssexGuy

7 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Aug 2015

When Huawei leaves, the UK doesn't lead in 5G, says new report commissioned by... er... Huawei

EssexGuy

BT Mobile rate limits to 30Mbps on their "standard" 4G.

There is an optional £4/month upgrade to allow you "up to" 60Mbps.

Or you could switch to another provider like EE (BT Mobile use their infrastructure) who doesn't rate limit.

EssexGuy

Re: 4G

Vodafone and O2 share their masts. So if you have no signal from one you are very unlikely to have signal from the other.

Better to carry a combo of Voda + EE or O2 + EE to maximise your chances of having a signal from at least one provider.

We've paused Sigfox roof aerial payments, says WND-UK, but we'll make you whole after COVID

EssexGuy

The install uses an omnidirectional dipole, not a TV yagi antenna:

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b478_2289b7e74ca74457aaf3bf7f3f415852~mv2_d_1200_1600_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_602,h_803,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/Sigfox%20Antenna.webp

The good news: Vodafone switches on first full-fat, real-life 5G network in the UK. The bad news: it only got sent to Coventry

EssexGuy

Re: Blah, blah, blah...

...or a modern smartphone/provider which supports WiFi calling.

EssexGuy

5G is a solution desperately looking for a problem.

WiFi 6 with fibre backhaul will provide the high bandwidth, low latency connectivity to satisfy every possible indoor use case that the 5G marketing department can dream up. Not to mention that WiFi 6 comes at a fraction of the cost and complexity of deploying 5G RAN and core.

Suggesting that 5G is a good solution for indoor IOT is laughable. How many companies are going to add £100+ to the cost of their device for a 5G modem when only a fraction of customers want it vs 100% of customers wanting WiFi support?

5G was actually meant to drive down the cost of delivering data to smartphones in an industry where profit margins are becoming thinner by the day. Unfortunately the cost of deploying the high density 5G infrastructure will mean those savings won't be realised for a decade. And of course then 6G will descend from the mountain....

Microsoft previews less buggy OneDrive for Business client

EssexGuy

Let's hope they fix the horribly broken Skype for Business next. Trying to add a consumer Skype user to my contacts always fails, with the username becoming a mangled string ending with @skypecid.net or @abch.com. The recipient never receives a contact request. Apparently it's too much to ask that "Skype for Business" can actually communicate with a "Skype" user...

Vodafone: Dammit Britain, your emergency services need 4G!

EssexGuy

Re: Press To Talk

I've seen Andromeda "radios" being used at big cycling events. Apparently they work over the 2/3/4G mobile networks.