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Title: Report on poor mobile signals between Waterloo and Southampton Post by: eXPassenger on April 10, 2018, 22:54:41 This appeared in 'The Register' (an IT news site).
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/10/london_to_southampton_named_crappiest_line_for_mobile_usage/ Quote The London Waterloo to Southampton train line is today named the worst major commuting route for frustrated wage slaves desperate to get a signal on their way to and from the office. Using data from the major networks' performance last year, a report by analysts IHS Markit's RootMetrics ranked eight of the UK's most popular transit lines to the capital on the basis of speed, reliability, data, text and call quality. The London to Southampton line's generally poor rankings were due to slow median upload speeds from O2, Three, and Vodafone; relatively low rates of connecting to the network by each operator in data reliability testing; and poor blocked and dropped call rates from all four operators. In terms of median download speeds on the line, EE scored highest at 17.2Mbps, followed by Vodafone with 6.3Mbps, Three at 4.25Mbps, and O2 at 2.92Mbps. The Paddington to Reading route got the best performance from each network. All four operators delivered excellent data and call reliability, and the operators' data speeds were also generally strong across the board, the report stated. There are some informed comments. Title: Re: Report on poor mobile signals between Waterloo and Southampton Post by: paul7575 on April 10, 2018, 23:51:51 Loved the response to the comment “are they required to provide stable signals?”
Paul Title: Re: Report on poor mobile signals between Waterloo and Southampton Post by: rogerw on April 11, 2018, 09:56:43 Loved the picture used to illustrate the article. I don't think Ryde lies between Waterloo and Southampton ::) :-\
Title: Re: Report on poor mobile signals between Waterloo and Southampton Post by: eXPassenger on April 11, 2018, 14:45:44 Loved the picture used to illustrate the article. I don't think Ryde lies between Waterloo and Southampton ::) :-\ Half the comments (on an IT site) make that point. Title: Re: Report on poor mobile signals between Waterloo and Southampton Post by: teamsaint on May 01, 2018, 23:04:45 The EE signal between Basingstoke and Waterloo is really poor for mucch of the journey, given the built up nature of the area .
Title: Re: Report on poor mobile signals between Waterloo and Southampton Post by: Electric train on May 02, 2018, 06:46:34 When the majority of the mobile phone cellular infrastructure was installed the companies saw the motorway and car users as being the key market, also it was easy access for them to build masts and run cables next to highways. The railways have their own cellular system currently GSMR-R a little old tech compared with 4G, however now NR has most of its routes with fibre optic cables mobile hone companies are starting to rent capacity on this and install masts etc closer to railway ines
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