Oh no, yet again, something is wrong with the iPhone. But this time it isn't the hardware, but the network it is on (or one of them now). It has become apparent that the o2 network crashed for nearly 48 hours over Sunday and Monday. This is a huge problem, considering that 75% of mobile web browsing in Britain is done on the iPhone and o2's network. O2 claims it was due to a conflict of IP addresses, but surely that shouldn't be too hard to deal with?
I think this, along with the recent Ofcom maps, has put O2's network literally down the drain. If it weren't for the iPhone, I believe that O2 would not be much of a network any more. Below is the map of their awful 3G signal across Britain.
As with the recent failure of Blackberry's email, twitter has become the place where users have complained mostly. Famous people such as Simon Pegg have tweeted about the failure of O2's network.
It seems O2 need to sort their network out, and fast
2 comments:
my iPhone is jailbroken and am on 3, has super coverage!
When you have millions of customers on a network and there is an IP address conflict, it can be a difficult process as you have to find out which IP addresses are conflicting and assign different IP addresses, ensuring you don't cause more conflicts while you're doing it.
Yes, Ofcom's 3G coverage map may show O2 as having the worst coverage, but I know for sure Ofcom have used out of date maps!
It is a little unfair to say O2's network is down the drain when they have announced they will be investing millions into increasing coverage by consolidating it with another network (Vodafone I believe) as well as installing new masts - this is what 3 have been doing lately too. Also, O2 are the FIRST UK network to have successfully trialled LTE in the Slough area, reaching a maximum downlink of 150Mbps and they are hoping to roll this out within the next few years.
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