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We see a lot of posts on here from customers moaning about the coverage in their area - usually with good reason.
However, what people all too often forget about is that the networks always have an uphill battle with local authorities and resident during the planning process. We all want a good mobile signal but we don't want a mast anywhere near us. This story is typical
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/ashford-residents-never-right-object-9902290
As customers we need to get real - if we want to use phones we need to have masts in as many places as possible.
Or do we? Thoughts?
Your one person (gender neutral as is the current fad) campaign isn’t going too well is it. Perhaps that’s because your central tenets are flawed. Firstly, mobile phones haven't been a luxury for many years. They are now essential personal and business tools. As my 23rd soon to be accountant son said the other day, the idea that the only way of communicating with someone is by calling a landline in a building somewhere fixed to the wall with a cable and hoping they are in to answer it is ridiculous. Youth!! Today many businesses only give mobile phone numbers out and not
landlines. Barclays and their bank managers are a perfect example. Not a landline number in sight.
I haven't had a chance to read the EU directives properly yet. Perhaps you like to give us a précis. They do seem to refer to workers and not consumers. There are of course many industrial processes that are potentially harmful to workers who are in far closer proximity to substances for a far longer time than consumers. We don’t stop painting cars for instance or adding sweetness to hot drinks.
I make no comment on badgers being a city dweller who’s writing this on a mobile phone on a train from Essex to London where almost every passenger has a mobile device in their hands.
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@Trevelson It's not as simple as building wherever we want as we require specific planning permission from the relevant local council.
Once this has been granted, at that point we'd go ahead with our work.
We do share some physical mast locations with O2, however we use our own equipment to provide coverage. If you wanted to view more information on this, a Google search of 'Project Beacon' will bring it up.
It's a great debate.
I understand that there are certain reasons people don't want masts everywhere because of potential health risks, or the fact it may be an eyesore.
However if you look at somewhere like Madrid, considered one of the most beautiful cities to visit and is covered in masts, compared to London then you can see why people say coverage is better over there.
At the same time, it's proven that people that live in Spain have a healthier and longer life than us brits.
They also have a lot more flexibility and less red tape to go through when applying for a mast location.
Just thought I'd throw that into the mix.
DaveCD
My BT Home Hub has an external on/off switch. Certainly the Draytek routers I've used a lot in the past have them as well. I don't have any other routers to hand to check.
I never turn my router off. I never turn my desktop off. I never turn my phone off.
