Four in 10 struggle to access mobile signal on the move in the UK

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• meejle@piefed.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Norfolk is still terrible. My town has decent signal nowadays, but is one of many with no 5G whatsoever. And between towns, you often get nothing.

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  • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nice to know nothings changed since I lived there in the 90s.

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• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why would you need it while on the move? Sure on a train but isn’t that expected to have patchy signal at times? It’s a train. Railways often go through routes I would expect to get occasional signal loss.

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I expect bad signal on a train, but that’s not because I want it, it’s because I know from past experience that the service is sub-par.

    I need the signal often because I’m trying to work on the train. But it’s also nice to be able to message the people I’m meeting on the other end if not working.

    I’d say 70% of the journey between London and Manchester the signal you get is bad enough that it’s unusable.

    I pay for phone service, I expect it to work without arbitrary conditions based on them being too cheap to put up enough masts to provide what they sell me.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      1st world entitlement: I demand flawless internet when I am going faster than any animal on the planet, through valleys and tunnels cut through the surface of the earth.

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  • Decq@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The article states that on the move means outside the house. So not necessarily when currently traveling. But even then, passengers in a car? Bus rides? Metro? On a ferry? Biking and stopped or hiking to find directions? It’s not only on trains people don’t need to pay attention.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I wonder if there is a correlation between providers, given that it said 4 in 10

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