mobile phone coverage

[HN38]

i am with o2 and get a pretty good signal most places, except my house :S (lucky i have a land line) need to stand right at the window to get a half decent signal to phone or text, but apart from the house i do find it good

[George.]

HN38

 

You show your location as Lerwick, fine, you'll get a good signal. Come a few miles north and watch it fail miserably.

[HN38]

i know when i put that i ment in most places (that i go) i dont often venture north, o2 suits me where i need to go but obviously it wont work in areas same with other networks.

there should be a mobile network suited to remote areas

[George.]

And just thought HN 38, you will get a GPRS signal, not a 3G one like all the modern mobiles. When will that happen, if ever?

[HN38]

i think there should be more signal masts about the place, to be able to reach the areas that have poor or no signals

[lucylou]

i live in yell and i have a really good vodafone signal and also when i was speaking to vodafone last week they advised that they are trying to get a 3g signal here for some time next year

[Fifi]

Here in Hillswick, Vodafone claim there's a good signal - wonder how many more ridiculous claims they make

It depends where you are in Hillswick. Some have little or no signal (hotel & Booth) whereas others are ok. We're lucky in that we get either full or near-full signal.

 

Fiona (little green & white car )

[Fifi]

Thanks DizzyKipper

 

This explains it - the nearest base station shown to me is, eh, hmmm, oh, gosh, Lerwick, where there are two base stations shown together. Nothing shown in Brea or anywhere else north of Lerwick. Why is there nothing more? Do people up around here not use mobiles or is the base station perhaps, just perhaps, too expensive per head of population in this area!!!

Collafirth Hill?

[George.]

Thanks Fiona, didn't know there was one at Collafirth.

 

Just after writing what I did, the postie arrived with a SureSignal box to plug into broadband so problems over now (when I'm indoors). Outside, we'll see

[mhutch]

Thanks DizzyKipper

 

This explains it - the nearest base station shown to me is, eh, hmmm, oh, gosh, Lerwick, where there are two base stations shown together. Nothing shown in Brea or anywhere else north of Lerwick. Why is there nothing more? Do people up around here not use mobiles or is the base station perhaps, just perhaps, too expensive per head of population in this area!!!

Collafirth Hill?

 

is there no a vodafone mast above busta ? and does swinister above firt no have one too? , personally i think its great havin patchy cover cos its a damn good excuse for phonin back at whitever pence per minute

[DizzyKipper]

Well got no Orange signal south end atm

[Fifi]

Thanks Fiona, didn't know there was one at Collafirth.

 

Just after writing what I did, the postie arrived with a SureSignal box to plug into broadband so problems over now (when I'm indoors). Outside, we'll see

Hope it all goes well George. I see on your shetlandsun blog that you've caught my house in 2 out of your 4 photos.