What would happen to customers using their 4G service. Will they still access it as usual from the 16th?
If you live in an area with 5G and have a 5G compatible phone then you'll have 5G data instead which will be a lot faster than 4G.
If you don't then no change. 4G as usual.
Is distance from mast worse for 5g?
I'm a bit away from mast so only get between 3-10mb on 4g.
Will 5g benefit much as I believe it has lower range than 4g.
Wondering if should get 5g phone.
Depends if your mast has 5G or not - I just found out the hard way!
A phone with 4G+ (CA - carrier aggregation) is capable of 200+Mbps which should be sufficient for most applications (IMO).
If a mast doesn't have 4G+ then it probably hasn't got 5G either.
I have to get a new phone this year. I am trying to get one via the 3 Plus app. However the app is not redirecting me to get new 5G phones when I hit the upgrade now button. It is leading me to a blank page which may indicate that they maybe sold out.
It is on the Three offers section in the app. There are some phones on offer with 5G via the 3 website. Does the 3Plus app give people a code to purchase a phone from there?
I have to change current Nokia phone as it has hit a problem with it's screen. The top end of the phone screen has been hanging off from inside the casing of the handset since Thursday night. The battery charger is beginning to fail on me as well.
Would take alot to grease 200Mbps in a house . Gaming would be the only problem if there were multiple streams .
Excellent, I never want to leave my 3 legacy plan so this is a fantastic cherry on top for staying
@machiavellianme Just have a chat with Three support and they will activate it now. I just did it on my three prepay plan and getting amazing speeds in Naas town.
Just off the chat to them via my3 app and have it now thanks
352 in Blanchardstown (indoors if makes difference)
6.89 on 4g
Is there specific better phones for 5G than others?
Could someone enlighten me on this please.
Its already active was on Dec 31.
To a degree, yes. Return on investment drops as you go higher in the spec sheets.
S20 Ultra
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat20 2000/200 Mbps, 5G (5+ Gbps DL)
Oneplus Nord
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps, 5G
Generally most of the phones are running better tech than the carriers in Ireland so mostly it doesnt matter as long as the phones chipset is pretty recent.
Still not showing up on mine, old fashion €30 30day rolling bill pay. There was indicator as "5G" (lit or dull) once was testing with prepay+add on - nothing like that on this SIM.
might need to go closer to mast at some point....
I was getting in Dublin city center but not the burbs so only a subset may be on so far though it would be weird to regionalise it.
Not for me yet on the old €20 plan. In a location where I'd get 5G on a diff plan with the add on.
M50 and South Dublin yesterday.
I'm curious if the % of Three users that are/will be 5G eligible has changed much. If 80% had 5G already the change should be minor but if only 30% had the change might be noticeable to those already on it.
What did you ask for? They wouldn't do it for me said it's not for the old plans.
Automatic. Just appeared NYE.
Tried forcing 5G and just got no service altogether so I guess it hasn't been activated yet for me.
I'm still on LTE/LTE+ here in Dublin City. Very close to masts so I don't think it has been activated yet.
I am on a corporate plan, so maybe it is different for us, or not turned on for us at the moment from an plan administrator level.
It still needs to be added on the individual line for it to work.
They are supposedly adding it automatically to everyone "over the coming months" but if you get in touch with support they can add it there and then.
Same with VoLTE - it is being gradually rolled out across all accounts, but if you contact them they can add it there and then and after a few hours the phone will remain on 4G instead of dropping back to 3G to make/take calls.
Won't add it for me unless I change to a plan where you loose your credit.
And there's a lot of non 5G handsets out there. It's only this year that mid range is nearly all 5G compatible.
I asked on live chat could they add 5G to my account and they said they can only charge for add ons over live chat, the "backend team" will add the 5G to my account within the next 24 hours.
Fingers crossed!
Somewhat true.
I bought my current handset from Three for €160 in Dec 2020 and its got a fairly lovely QC radio in it. Not top of the line now, but certainly able to leverage the new RAN. When you consider the iPhone 12 is 5G enabled and how many teens etc are gimme an iphone or give me death Id say a large portion of the customer base are capable.
My monthly 5g booster add on whatever they call it now 5 euro extra to my monthly 20 euro has run out and I'm stuck with 4g. There's no option online or in the crappy my3 app to add the 5g booster anymore. Only rubbish like US\Canada 100min or roaming data it's just gone
Oh wait I literally just got a text from them...
From Three. Free 5G Access has been successfully applied to your account. Check your allowances and balances at 3.ie/My3
Still only have 4g though
Restart your phone, and confirm you're in a known 5G area. Alternatively you can download an Android app called ForceLTE and temporarily force 5G only (known as NR) and see if that works
Tried that already and I use that force app from time to time it's not working.
I've noticed since Xmas the 5g has gotten slower than 4g 6 months ago. All the teenagers in the area must have gotten 5g photos for Xmas
