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EE’s just announced that its 4G network will be switched on for public consumption on October 30th. That means there’s just 27 days to wait till you can finally ride the sweet, sweet waves of blazing 4G, either directly with a new EE contract, or by switching from your current Orange or T-Mobile plan.
Still no prices, I’m afraid, but we know that EE’s going to launch LTE in 10 cities from the off, and will cover 16 cities across the UK before the year is out. The launch handsets will be the line-up we’ve already talked about, including the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE, Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 820, HTC One XL and the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE. Time to bag yourself one of those 4G-capable phones, perhaps?
4G’s probably not going to be cheap once we finally do find out pricing, but at least EE’s ahead of the curve here, and when has being on the bleeding edge been anything other than eye-gougingly expensive? At least you should get between 10 and 30Mbps down, with really low pings — just imagine how much, errr, “entertainment” you can download at that speed.
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No prices can only mean it’s going to cost mega £££ :/
You know, it could go one of two ways. No prices because it’s horrendously expensive, or no prices because they haven’t settled on just how much people are willing to pay with 3G and Wi-Fi coverage being decent. I fear the first, but wish the latter.
Its probably going to be no prices because they haven’t settled on just how much people are willing to pay but when they do it’s horrendously expensive, following the US model.
How much does it work out at then in the USA?
http://blog.laptopmag.com/4g-data-plans-compared-which-carrier-offers-the-best-value thats the best link I can find right now.
Wow. £46 for 400 mins, and 200mb data. And you know we will be charged 20% more than what they do. Think I’ll give it a miss for a few years in that case.
Actually, our mobile phone prices and contracts are cheaper than the US. That and TV, think that’s about it though.
Do they still do that thing where both the caller and the person receiving the call are charged for it?
Not sure. They rolled out a load of unlimited plans, so I’m assuming that kind of thing went out the window.
Better start saving my pennies then!
Question is, who really needs 4G speeds anyway? Perhaps when we’re all wearing Google Glass, but I’d struggle to justify it now, especially as I’d have to give up my grandfathered data plan.
Agreed. By the way, loved your work on the Norwegian fjords.
Thanks, I like doing the fiddly bits