Will 4G Improve after the 3G Shutdown?

[Nimbus1]

Hello

Where I live, my house falls in between the edges of 2 different cell tower segments for 4G, so getting a 4G signal from ether cell tower means standing outside the house (getting 4G inside the house is darn near impossible). Inside the house I do get a good steady 3G signal for making phone calls and texts, which is perfect for what I need. (Checked using Cellmapper app)

Come the 3G shutdown I will have to spend my life outside the house to get a 4G signal, just to make and receive voice calls and text messages – a bad situation for 2023…

So, here is the 64-million-dollar question:

I have read that the service providers e.g., Vodafone, will be repurposing their 3G frequencies for 4G and 5G – giving more coverage, faster speeds and better reliability for both networks. They go onto to say that the spectrum band that carries their 3G traffic today is 900 MHz. This is extremely useful spectrum, as it allows signal to travel long distances and provides good indoor coverage. This spectrum can also be repurposed to carry 4G and 5G traffic. Ultimately, they’ll have 4G and 5G traffic across a wide range of spectrum bands, giving the best combination of rural coverage, indoor coverage, and great data speeds, enabling them to give their customers a reliable network to run their businesses on.

Does this statement above mean that my current very poor 4G signals from the 2 cell towers will get their power increased, thus overlapping the two cell tower segments and proving me good 4G coverage inside the house?

Thanks

[Nimbus1]

We routinely monitor which spectrum our mobile phones are locked onto (Vodafone and O2) with inside the house always being 3G for both providers. 4G is only possible outside the house with only 2 bars max if the wind is blowing in the right direction.

It will be very interesting to see how 2G behaves once 3G has gone. As long as we can still receive and send text messages and make voice calls, from inside the house using 2G, then things will be OK.

It will be even better if the cell towers 4G coverage footprint is improved/strengthened by both Vodafone and O2, so that we can pickup 4G from within our house.