dk1
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The GEML is very patchy, certainly south of Chelmsford. Would be nice to be able to work if I need to.
WiFi always works well for me on Stadlers.
The GEML is very patchy, certainly south of Chelmsford. Would be nice to be able to work if I need to.
Not sure as I don’t travel on them enough. I don’t remember having any issues with mobile data last time I travelled Birmingham - London.
St Pancras has a generic distributed antenna system (DAS), which I believe either went live or was upgraded at the start of January 2023.Does anyone know when St Pancras got service beamed down the tunnels to Lower level platforms? Never used to get signal down there now I get full 4G
Thanks for this! Sometimes it’s nice to have signal down there when needed for work or other purposesSt Pancras has a generic distributed antenna system (DAS), which I believe either went live or was upgraded at the start of January 2023.
You can see the rounded square panels in this photo, next to the illuminated emergency direction signs.
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City Thameslink also has a coverage solution but only on EE. This went live on 10 Nov 2016.
The issue on the MML is that the meridians having a lining in the window glass which kills the mobile signal.
Don't the Pendos have/suffer with a similar coating? Either mobile signal or GPS, can't remember which!
Its always around Brockley my signal used to drop outThe worst is the London Bridge to East Croydon line as it has some cutting where signals drop a lot.
Midland Mainline is VERY patchy.
Last Saturday got a signal all the way to Nottingham ... on the return it hardly connected. Some 222s appear to be line a faraday cage !
The worst on the BML is Redhill Tunnel - Three Bridges, excl. Gatwick station itself. Shows as full 4G but seemingly has a bandwidth of 0.The worst is the London Bridge to East Croydon line as it has some cutting where signals drop a lot.
It's a total dead zone for me (VOXI, which uses Vodafone's 5G network) and I thought it was the 390s but I get good signal on other parts of the WCML. Doesn't help that WiFi on trains still has a long way to go.Milton Keynes to Euston is pretty hit and miss. Particularly Leighton Buzzard to Milton Keynes.
Mine is Vodafone too and yes, I kept seeing the E due to no 4G being available intermittently.I travelled from Chelmsford to Preston and back over the last day or so and the vodafone coverage was pretty poor on lots of the WCML. Might be mine phone but the signal went from 4G to E to no signal often.
O2 seems to work the best on that section surprisingly. When I moved to EE, the problems returned, but it works at Brockley station where I got decent speeds on Platform 1.Its always around Brockley my signal used to drop out
Still the case todayI remember c.10 years ago once you left Petersfield until you came out of the other end of the tunnel and into outer regions of Portsmouth the only coverage you could (barely) get was Vodafone.