20 October 2012

Phone Signal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators_of_Europe#United_Kingdom

Mobile transmission bands belong to these groupings in the UK:
  • Everything Everywhere (Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile)
  • O2 (Tesco, giffgaff)
  • 3
  • Vodafone (TalkTalk, BT)

Test: which is the best mobile phone provider, based upon greatest mobile phone signal coverage detected, given a normal transit from home to work.

Results (measured in percentage of coverage available):



Data:


Hardware used:

  • Nokia C1 (Vodafone)
  • HTC Wildfire (3, Orange)
  • Nokia 1110 (Tesco)