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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Everyone measures (or publicies) coverage by population. Because by KM covered even the 99% coverage of 2G is is something pathetic like 40% of area. Regardless, O2 has a legal obligation to provide the most coverage, the other networks except 3 all want to voluntarily match it. Yes, there will always be somebody unhappy with something but statistically more people are unhappy with some networks than others.
At the end of the day, three networks (everyone except 3) will have a nationwide 4G network exceeding the coverage of any current 3G network within the next two years. 3 are the only network without a serious 4G rollout strategy (not to mention, two thirds of the places they said they planned to have 4G coverage within 2014 still don't have it, and it's the second week of December...). 3 are planning to spend less than 1/3rd the money on 4G as the other networks - around 0.5 billion - whereas everyone else is spending £1.2-1.8 billion each. A wise decision to not waste money on building a network if you're planning on buying someone else's bigger, better network anyway.
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In an amusing twist to this story:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php...8-percent.html
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Three UK Expands 4G Mobile Broadband Coverage to 48 Percent
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That would put it in line with the other providers.