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eater81

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Hi all, I have just moved to a new gaff on Calton Avenue, about 100yds up from the village cross roads.....(no more noise from sirens, idiots and Somerfield lorries on Lordship Lane for me!!!!) and am less than impressed with the reception on my Vodafone Mobile. It is almost impossible to make a decent call from inside the house. Does anybody else have similar problems, or could it be the way my new flat is built?


Fortunately my contract with VF is up so I can leave at any time, is there a particular mobile service provider that anyone can recommend for good reception in Dulwich village?


Cheers, Eater.

eater81

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Have just had a look here:


http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/


There are many base stations in the area, including a cluster of about four at the southern end of Lordship lane. So why reception should be so poor is a mystery to me.

So we've written off o2, Tmob and Vodafone....does anybody use Orange... is it any good?


Can't think of any more providers!

SeanMacGabhann

SeanMacGabhann

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I'm inclined to agree keef/asset - it's just I remember when I joined the forum there was a lot of noise around new masts going up


eater81 - glad you have moved on from your noise issues on LL - hope the new address works out well. I don't think there was anything trolly about your post so I wouldn't worry about macker's post.


I shall find out about t-mobile reception for myself in the Dog tomorrow afternoon!

EDOldie

EDOldie

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It not so much the Trolls as the Gnomes of Dulwich. The argument runs as follows. There are so many schools in Dulwich that we couldn't possibly inflict dangerous x rays on our little precious?s. This despite the most popular 10th birthday pressie being the evil mobile.


I live and work locally and have been on Vodaphone so am rarely troubled by calls, just changed to o2, which seems better. Anyway all the proposals I've heard of have been vociferously opposed either by residents or the Dulwich Society or both. The Dulwich Estate has the final say and, probably not wanting to upset the local serfs, has refused to allow any masts on the estate as far as I know. Hence no signal.


Anyway Happy Christmas, see you in the Dog at 12

FrustratedLawyer

FrustratedLawyer

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Mikey Wrote:

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> I live just opposite the Crown and Greyhound and

> my Virgin mobile reception in the house is usually

> very poor. I have to move round the house to find

> a spot from which I can send or receive texts !


Mikey - Virgin Mobile 'piggy-back' their calls onto the T-Mobile network. You will find that they don't actually have any infrastructure of their own in place as they are effectively a service re-seller.


Generally - From these posts do I take it that the majority of Dulwichites don't have land lines?

fractionater

fractionater

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I'm with Orange and live at the Goose Green end of LL. my reception is not that great...and one thing I have noticed is that whenever a plane flies over it seems to cut my signal!...anyone else noticed this?


I was thinking of getting an Iphone through O2...anyone any experience with these (signal wise) in SE22?

Kells

Kells

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Asset Wrote:

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> I'm on Orange and in the village the reception

> used to be bad but seems to be better of late.

> I think the reception problem is because it's in a

> bit of a dippy hollow rather than nimbys or trolls

> (although I like the idea of a troll at the toll.


I live just by the toll gate. There may also be some trolls there, haven't seen any, but they're secretive though, I understand. I'm on t-mobile and don't get decent reception in my flat, there's none at all in my bedroom. I had problems getting setanta and broadband as well. It was jinxed.....

flowerdad

flowerdad

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We are on Calton Ave too and have moved from Voda to O2 but both are just as bad. Orange reception is no better either. It is all to do with the Village not wanting any additional masts erected so the area is effectively serviced by the masts outside of the immediate area - hence patchy service...
Shaggy

Shaggy

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Fractionator -- ive just got an iphone and for me the signal is great. I was on orange and couldn't get a proper reception at home, not too far away from the police station. Now it is fine. I didn't used to get a signal at my desk off Fleet Street either, but now on 02 I have four bars and 3G.

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