EE's 4G plans continue apace as it serves up to 10x faster speeds to rural areas, with average speeds of 8-12Mbps.
Currently the UK's only 4G provider, EE has been running a 4G trial in Threlkeld for months now, and has now extended that to larger parts of Cumbria.
It's claiming that speeds of up to 20Mbps were seen during those trials, but EE is claiming residents of the 100 square miles of Northern Fells area will receive around half that on average. Given that some residents experienced speeds of sub-2Mbps, and some are without internet at all, that will probably do for them in the short term.
What's interesting about this deployment is that it still uses EE's 1800MHz spectrum (no, wait, that is interesting, we promise). There are three frequencies used in the UK for 4G: 800Mhz, 1800MHz and 2.6GHz, and the former is meant to be the one that delivers 4G to wider areas thanks to its massively increased transmission range.
Longer, Better, Faster, Stronger?
If EE can deliver wireless broadband speeds to rural areas using the mid-range power band, then it bodes well for later in the year when all the other networks will be offering rural 4G broadband on the 800MHz spectrum.
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