Isle of Wight 4G coverage has improved since we first started monitoring it in 2014, but is still highly variable depending on which mobile provider you choose.
(This article was last updated 13 Feb 2016)
Below are maps for:
How did this come about?
Our reporting on this first started in July 2014 then OnTheWight reader Ronnie Tweeted:
I'm on Vodafone and keep getting 4g all over the island. It's blowing my mind! Still can't make a call though! #priorities
— Ronnie (@RonnieBarney31) July 31, 2014
From those early days of amazement at the speeds she was getting – 24Mbps down and 12Mbps up – this kind of coverage has become more normal.
After report that the providers coverage maps weren’t very reliable, we have switched to data from Ofcom, the UK’s telecom regulator. We now split out expected outside and inside coverage maps.
The Vodafone 4G map
As with all of the maps click for larger version. Using the right or left arrows will let you step through the maps.
Indoors
Outdoors
Outdoor
Outdoor
The Three 4G coverage map
Indoor
Outdoor
Historic
As 4G coverage is improving, we thought it might be quite helpful to keep the old map, so you can see the improvements over time.
Vodafone
Vodafone 4G – Nov 2014
Purple is designated as ‘Indoor and outdoors’
Vodafone 4G as at 1 Aug 2014
Yellow ‘Outdoors, variable indoors’;
Light green/grey ‘Outdoors’
EE
EE 4G coverage October 2014
Light blue = 4G coverage
The Island used to be pitiful with EE 4G coverage, have to just survive with what bled from the Mainland. Here’s an old EE coverage map as at 1 Aug 2014 to show you.
O2 & Three
O2 didn’t make a make available and Three didn’t provide coverage.
Thanks to OnTheWight readers for the updates over the years, including Andrew Day (@iwpianotuner)and Ian White.
