{"id":40262,"date":"2024-12-05T08:52:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T08:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=40262"},"modified":"2024-12-05T08:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T08:55:29","slug":"study-finds-patchy-mobile-coverage-on-the-east-coast-mainline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/12\/study-finds-patchy-mobile-coverage-on-the-east-coast-mainline.html","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds Patchy Mobile Coverage on the East Coast Mainline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Network analyst firm <a href=\"https:\/\/streetwave.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Streetwave<\/a> has surveyed UK mobile coverage (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> etc.) and mobile broadband speeds along the East Coast Mainline &#8211; as operated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lner.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London North Eastern Railway<\/a> (LNER), which found that passengers can face &#8220;<em>hours without mobile coverage access<\/em>&#8221; while travelling between London and Edinburgh. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> delivered the best service.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The East Coast route is said to connect London and Edinburgh via Yorkshire, York, Durham and Newcastle. According to Network Rail, over 20 million people use the line and its trains each year. But over the course of Streetwave&#8217;s 4-hour and 38-minute journey, &#8220;<em>significant disparities<\/em>&#8221; were observed between the &#8216;<strong>Essential Coverage<\/strong>\u2019 provided by the mobile operators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The survey was conducted on the 26<sup>th <\/sup>November 2024 between 5:30pm and 10:08pm. The railway journey was conducted by LNER on an Azuma train. The train was always less than 50% occupied during the journey.<\/div>\n<p>Streetwave defines Essential Coverage as being reflective of locations where the network provides users with connectivity of above 1Mbps download speeds, 0.5Mbps upload, and below 100ms (milliseconds) of latency (i.e. covering or allowing only the most basic of use cases \/ needs).<\/p>\n<p>Overall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> delivered the highest levels of Essential Coverage across the line &#8211; with 94% of the railway covered. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> delivered the lowest levels &#8211; with 45% of the railway covered. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a> delivered 82% and 67% \u2018Essential Coverage\u2019 respectively. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> users were found to have experienced 2 hours and 33 minutes of the train journey without \u2018Essential Coverage\u2019, while for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> user it was just 17 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Coverage<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Operator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Percentage of \u2018Essential Coverage\u2019 Along the Line<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Journey Time Spent in Not-Spots<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\">1 &#8211; EE<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">94%<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">17 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\">2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">82%<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">50 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\">3 &#8211; Three<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">67%<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">92 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\">4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">45%<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">153 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Mobile Data Speeds<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Operator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Median Download Speeds (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Median Upload Speeds (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\">1 &#8211; EE<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">17.7<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">8.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\">2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">6.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">6.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\">3 &#8211; Three<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">6.8<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">2.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\">4 &#8211; O2<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">0.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>At this point it may be worth reminding readers that LNER and Network Rail currently have a joint project to deploy new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> mobile network infrastructure into train tunnels outside London King\u2019s Cross station (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/01\/better-mobile-coverage-getting-closer-on-east-coast-mainline.html\">here<\/a>), which we understand is due to be going live before the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The results from Streetwave&#8217;s study could also help to inform the current debate between mobile operators and the government. This is over whether public money should be diverted from the \u00a31bn industry-led <strong>Shared Rural Network<\/strong> (SRN) to subsidise coverage improvements along Britain\u2019s railway lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network analyst firm Streetwave has surveyed UK mobile coverage (4G, 5G etc.) and mobile broadband speeds along the East Coast Mainline &#8211; as operated by the London North Eastern Railway (LNER), which found that passengers can face &#8220;hours without mobile coverage access&#8221; while travelling between London and Edinburgh. 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