Hull among first cities to get 4G mobile phone service
Hull is set to get superfast 4G mobile phone coverage in time for Christmas.
EE, which owns Orange and T-Mobile, will roll out the new, state-of-the-art network to 16 cities across the UK before the end of the year.
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4G will offer mobile internet speeds up to five times faster than 3G.
Users will be able to stream live TV without buffering and download HD movies in minutes.
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Orange and T-Mobile customers will be able to upgrade to a 4G service on HTC, Samsung, Nokia and Huawei devices. Apple's new iPhone 5 is also expected to utilise the network.
Firm dates for the roll-out have yet to be announced.
Comments
by JetmansDad
Thursday, December 20 2012, 5:08PM
“3G coverage in the city is already patchy, to say the least, but the big issue with mobile vs fixed line broadband is the relative cost of data. If 3G were reliable at my house in West Hull the speed is comparable to Karoo's fixed broadband, but significantly more expensive per GB of data. The same is likely to be true with 4G vs FireOptic.
For those who only have minimal online needs, email and a bit of surfing, that might not be an issue, but for anyone looking to download consistently more than 10GB per month will probably still be better off with a fixed line connection.
Oh, and I am still waiting for Vodafone to be available at all in Swanland.”
by TonyWilson
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 2:46PM
“I'd rather wait to get 100meg fibre from KC.
I've seen it all before with WAP and to some extent 3G, mobile services are unreliable and Freeview will affect 4G. You can't beat broadband on a fixed line.”
by Phil_melton
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 8:11PM
“Great news! lets hope we get decent speeds as karoo can only offer me 3mb! and wireless company up and down like a yoyo! very surprised we got picked hull normal gets left out with everything!!”
by onthefence
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 6:31PM
“Will not be available around the Pelican Pub Area Lambwath Rd”
by Sezby
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 5:30PM
“I wonder which member of the HDM team is selling that house they are advertising on the picture?”
by Moxie64
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 5:08PM
“Great! 4G by Christmas. Anybody know if any 4G compatible devices will be around by then?”
by January48
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 4:10PM
“We were told a while ago that 4G would interfere with Freeview and we would all have to pay £200 to have that corrected. No more has been said about that. Is it just going to be sprung on us?”
by jan6kids
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 2:25PM
“yawn yawn”
by chrisyeamo
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 2:10PM
“Could we have consistent 3G coverage first please?!”
by E_Badger
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 1:17PM
“I would be happy if Orange/T-Mobile could provide consistent 3G coverage within the city boundary and 2G without drop outs around the villages.”