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What's the issue? That's quite acceptable speeds, it's not like everyone is going to have Three POW like speeds....
As stated before this is below the mast outside the village as you come down to the village the best speed your getting 3/4 meg with the drop in signal strength
 
Hi all, new member here, but long time lurker. Not sure how o2 can claim to say they’re improving their network when where I live on the South Coast (between Southampton and Portsmouth) the mast that services my village is down, the one that serves my office is down, and the one that serves my gym is down. Three different places all experiencing issues. And to top it all off they all only have Band 1 and Band 20 which just doesn’t work. Data is just unusable - Vodafone and EE are leaps ahead. I know it’s a Vodafone area but it’s just awful nowadays.
 

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Hi all, new member here, but long time lurker. Not sure how o2 can claim to say they’re improving their network when where I live on the South Coast (between Southampton and Portsmouth) the mast that services my village is down, the one that serves my office is down, and the one that serves my gym is down. Three different places all experiencing issues. And to top it all off they all only have Band 1 and Band 20 which just doesn’t work. Data is just unusable - Vodafone and EE are leaps ahead. I know it’s a Vodafone area but it’s just awful nowadays.
Down or slow? Very unusual to have O2 down and VF working considering MORAN
 
Down or slow? Very unusual to have O2 down and VF working considering MORAN
My phone is utterly useless at times. Data speeds are crippled (more than usual) but in their defence, calls have been okay. But my signal is weaker (one bar at most) so I think my phone is using other masts. Something is definitely wrong. I have a work phone on Vodafone and it’s signal is the same as always - so it does seem limited to just O2.
 
My phone is utterly useless at times. Data speeds are crippled (more than usual) but in their defence, calls have been okay. But my signal is weaker (one bar at most) so I think my phone is using other masts. Something is definitely wrong. I have a work phone on Vodafone and it’s signal is the same as always - so it does seem limited to just O2.

I suspect the O2 site is so over-congested you’ve been pushed onto a more distant site.
 
I suspect the O2 site is so over-congested you’ve been pushed onto a more distant site.
quite possibly. O2 used to be very very good in South Hampshire - but it’s really struggling these days - which is a shame. I think the capacity is just not there at present - which makes me wonder whether I should swap to EE and just take the hit with indoor coverage. I can’t even send a WhatsApp message most of the time these days - but it is only the last few months performance has really tanked.
 

Sales of ‘non-smartphones’ double year-on-year, reports Virgin Media O2.​

We're all getting fed up with our smartphones folks. :(
(Not really)

Personally I don’t think kids should have unlimited access to smartphones, I would support banning them in schools altogether but I’m not sure how enforceable that would be.
 
Personally I don’t think kids should have unlimited access to smartphones, I would support banning them in schools altogether but I’m not sure how enforceable that would be.
I support the "dumb phones" as they're known in schools, for like emergencies and such.

But smartphones for anyone under the age of say, 17 in school feels like it would become too much of a distraction (back in 2020/21 when covid disrupted classes a lot there was one student that was constantly on their phone and had to keep being told to stop using it, even at one point threatened to get it taken off of them as it was adding to their arrogance to staff members/students)

Personal experience, of course.
 
Personally I don’t think kids should have unlimited access to smartphones, I would support banning them in schools altogether but I’m not sure how enforceable that would be.
They were banned in my old secondary school, if you were seen using your phone it would be kept till the end of the day. Obviously we all hated the rule at the time but looking back I dont think its a bad idea, let us focus on more important things, like throwing glue sticks at the whiteboard. God children are horrible.
 
They were banned in my old secondary school, if you were seen using your phone it would be kept till the end of the day. Obviously we all hated the rule at the time but looking back I dont think its a bad idea, let us focus on more important things, like throwing glue sticks at the whiteboard. God children are horrible.
In my day, chewing gum was more important and sticking it under the table when finished and no that wasn't me but rather the less desirable elements of the school.

We had similar rules with phones too though.
 
Personally I don’t think kids should have unlimited access to smartphones, I would support banning them in schools altogether but I’m not sure how enforceable that would be.
What about other technology? Ever since my school banned phones for students up to the age of 19, people just started using ipads, Nintendo switches, laptops, 3DS, PS4, ect.

Where do you think the line should be drawn? Do you think something as simple as an MP3 player would be ok?
 
What about other technology? Ever since my school banned phones for students up to the age of 19, people just started using ipads, Nintendo switches, laptops, 3DS, PS4, ect.

Where do you think the line should be drawn? Do you think something as simple as an MP3 player would be ok?
The ban on phones at school makes me glad I went before it was introduced.

Ended up listening to music on Spotify every lunch break, helped me wind-down a bit and refocus for the rest of the day. Don't know how I would've coped without it.

My secondary school even had a student Wi-Fi network (filtered of course, but useful for saving data). They had a strict policy that any phones seen or heard outside of breaks would be confiscated, and you'd receive a detention. Always felt that was fair. Sometimes phones were permitted for research or quizzes as well.

There would've been little point to ban phones during breaks anyway, as computer access was available in the library and one of the IT rooms. Their filtering was easy to bypass so everyone was using them to play games or use social media anyway.
 
The ban on phones at school makes me glad I went before it was introduced.

Ended up listening to music on Spotify every lunch break, helped me wind-down a bit and refocus for the rest of the day. Don't know how I would've coped without it.

My secondary school even had a student Wi-Fi network (filtered of course, but useful for saving data). They had a strict policy that any phones seen or heard outside of breaks would be confiscated, and you'd receive a detention. Always felt that was fair. Sometimes phones were permitted for research or quizzes as well.

There would've been little point to ban phones during breaks anyway, as computer access was available in the library and one of the IT rooms. Their filtering was easy to bypass so everyone was using them to play games or use social media anyway.

I left school in 2000 so pre-Wi-Fi and smart phones, I think I had a v50 on Cellnet when I left!

I've often thought how lucky I am to have grown up in a time where every single mistake isn't recorded or on camera. It was a time when we were able to make mistakes, learn from them and then move on. Now it's very different, everything is caught on camera put on social media with cancel culture ruining people's lives, future and careers.

I don't have kids (luckily) but think it should be left to parents to decide. Personally, I don't think phones should be in use when kids are supposed to be learning but is an all-out ban the right way to go?
 
The ban on phones at school makes me glad I went before it was introduced.

Ended up listening to music on Spotify every lunch break, helped me wind-down a bit and refocus for the rest of the day. Don't know how I would've coped without it.

My secondary school even had a student Wi-Fi network (filtered of course, but useful for saving data). They had a strict policy that any phones seen or heard outside of breaks would be confiscated, and you'd receive a detention. Always felt that was fair. Sometimes phones were permitted for research or quizzes as well.

There would've been little point to ban phones during breaks anyway, as computer access was available in the library and one of the IT rooms. Their filtering was easy to bypass so everyone was using them to play games or use social media anyway.
It may as well take me a whole book to fully explain who/when/where phones were allowed in school before the ban.

Nowdays, the few people that had expetions to use a phone during class, now use a school laptop using a staff account to watch mostly podcasts and music videos on Youtube. Unlike before where the screen was off or in a pocket, a laptop is actually distracting. Also, this rule hasn't improved anyone or anything else, because there was never really a problem to begin with.

But yeah, all other tech for most people over 16 is allowed during break and lunch.
 
The ban on phones at school makes me glad I went before it was introduced.

Ended up listening to music on Spotify every lunch break, helped me wind-down a bit and refocus for the rest of the day. Don't know how I would've coped without it.

My secondary school even had a student Wi-Fi network (filtered of course, but useful for saving data). They had a strict policy that any phones seen or heard outside of breaks would be confiscated, and you'd receive a detention. Always felt that was fair. Sometimes phones were permitted for research or quizzes as well.

There would've been little point to ban phones during breaks anyway, as computer access was available in the library and one of the IT rooms. Their filtering was easy to bypass so everyone was using them to play games or use social media anyway.
I had actually forgot about one of the policies of the places I attended, you were able to use your phone in lessons "only for necessary research purposes"

This policy was in two of the education settings I had been apart of.

I never really found myself using it. But I do know some who did.
 
I had actually forgot about one of the policies of the places I attended, you were able to use your phone in lessons "only for necessary research purposes"

This policy was in two of the education settings I had been apart of.

I never really found myself using it. But I do know some who did.
I am out of touch when it comes to schools and policies, but surely such a policy is just asking for trouble? BYOD has a place in the workplace but I can't see it being appropriate for an U16 educational setting.

Wouldn't access to a locked down tablet be more appropriate, or is the funding not yet there to ensure every pupil has access?
 
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