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It's more likely that it's your phone/device that is the source of the issue. There are 10 LTE bands currently in use in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

by c2h5oh 9y ago

It's more likely that it's your phone/device that is the source of the issue. There are 10 LTE bands currently in use in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_frequency_bands#Deployments_by_region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_frequency_bands#Deployment... and 2 UMTS bands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands#Deployments_by_region_.28UMTS-FDD.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands#Deploymen... Those are not necessarily the same bands that are in use in North America or Asia, or some other region and as a result there are very, very few phones that actually support all of them - even the EU variants. Google Pixel is the only phone I'm aware of that supports every single one.

joshe 9y ago
I buried the lede, the point is that it didn't work in Austria June 11, and it did on June 17th. June 15th is when the rule went into effect. Slovenia and Czech Republic working are speculation. (But I've heard so many complaints about data roaming for prepaid that I think it's possibly better). And so far its worked everywhere, after June 15th I haven't had issues. But if it's relevant to anyone my iPhone 6S model (a1688) does have pretty good LTE band coverage for Europe. Namely, bands 1,3,7,20,38. http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/iphone/specs/apple-iphone-6s-a1688-4.7-inch-global-sprint-verizon-specs.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/iphone/specs/apple-iph... "Please note that this A1688 iPhone 6s model is compatible with LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, (but not 30) in addition to TD-LTE bands 38, 39, 40, and 41 -- is intended for Sprint and Verizon as well as sold with a T-Mobile nano-SIM in the United States and a wide variety of carriers in Canada, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere worldwide."
- c2h5oh 9y ago
  Yeah, iPhones support quote a few bands too and each model released is doing better, but they are still releasing multiple regional variants with different bands supported: https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/ https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
herbst 9y ago
Good point. US phones usually fail to include at least some common bands.

by c2h5oh 9y ago

joshe 9y ago

I buried the lede, the point is that it didn't work in Austria June 11, and it did on June 17th. June 15th is when the rule went into effect. Slovenia and Czech Republic working are speculation. (But I've heard so many complaints about data roaming for prepaid that I think it's possibly better). And so far its worked everywhere, after June 15th I haven't had issues. But if it's relevant to anyone my iPhone 6S model (a1688) does have pretty good LTE band coverage for Europe. Namely, bands 1,3,7,20,38. http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/iphone/specs/apple-iphone-6s-a1688-4.7-inch-global-sprint-verizon-specs.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/iphone/specs/apple-iph... "Please note that this A1688 iPhone 6s model is compatible with LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, (but not 30) in addition to TD-LTE bands 38, 39, 40, and 41 -- is intended for Sprint and Verizon as well as sold with a T-Mobile nano-SIM in the United States and a wide variety of carriers in Canada, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere worldwide."

c2h5oh 9y ago
Yeah, iPhones support quote a few bands too and each model released is doing better, but they are still releasing multiple regional variants with different bands supported: https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/ https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

herbst 9y ago

Good point. US phones usually fail to include at least some common bands.