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Re: UK's best mobile networks
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Originally Posted by Qtx
What I don't understand is if they are using EE's masts and network, why do Virgin not get similar performance to EE? Do Virgin only pay for and get a small amount of the bandwidth on their radio or wired network?
Virgin have left this very late in the day. Guess the Liberty takeover could have been a factor.
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There may be some clarification in the article...
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We asked each vendor to provide us with a dongle. Vodafone sent us the Huawei K3772-Z (branded as the Vodafone K3772), Three the Huawei E3256 (Three E3256 Premium Dongle), and T-Mobile the Huawei E583C (T-Mobile Wireless Pointer). EE gave us access via a Huawei E392, Samba the ZTE MF190, O2 an Alcatel X230D, Virgin the Alcatel X230S and Globalgig the ZTE AC30. We mention the hardware here because although we were primarily testing the networks as they would work on your smartphone, the dongle model will have some impact. Three's version supports DC-HSDPA for example.
The differing hardware might also explain some of the discrepancies between mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and their host networks. In the UK, for instance, EE provides the connectivity to Virgin Mobile. But, as you'll see from the test, EE performs much better than Virgin. In part that may be the hardware, and it may also reflect a certain second-class status on the network for Virgin users.
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