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The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of EE. UK for more details. Get in touch Call us. In some remote locations, coverage will be "on demand" delivered by portable cells, drones and satellites. The expansion of 3G services will come to an end, with customers across EE, BT Mobile and Plusnet being "phased off" in the next two years. The company said its 5G network, would "grow to cover half of the UK population by early , four years ahead of the UK Government's ambition". A company spokesman said the aim was to make getting a connection as simple as ordering a cab.

This might include "portable cells" - a device which could fit in a backpack, connect to a low earth orbit satellite and provide 5G connections across a small area.

For example, a scout leader taking a troupe to a remote spot might use one so that all the group could stay in touch via their mobile phones, the spokesperson suggested. BT, which owns EE, has previously struck a rural broadband deal with OneWeb, a low earth orbit satellite network, part-owned by the UK taxpayer.

Its upload speeds are the best too at an average of 9. These speeds use a combination of all available network types — so 5G, 4G and 3G. Latency is the delay experienced when sending and receiving data on the network and is an important consideration to those who play online games.

For reference, Vodafone managed an average of The MHz frequency is long range, making it good for rural locations, but it can also penetrate walls, for strong indoor coverage. The MHz frequency meanwhile is shorter range but deals well with congested areas like inner cities, and the MHz and MHz frequency is a middle ground. You can find in-depth details of those frequency bands in our 4G and 5G frequencies guide.

EE also holds some spectrum in the high frequency and therefore short range 3. EE offers two different services which impact on the maximum 4G speeds. Double speed 4G is offered on all plans and delivers speeds up 20 times faster than 3G up to 60Mbps.

However, EE adds that it reserves the right to manage your use of the network in order to protect it for the use of all customers, and may therefore apply traffic management controls from time to time. Data speeds may also be slower when roaming. View Deal. View deals. Note that EE used to offer day SIM Only plans but it doesn't anymore, however, in addition to day Pay As You Go packs explained below it also offers Flex plans , which last 30 days and are virtually day SIM plans in all but name and the fact that there's no contract.

All Pay Monthly plans last 24 months, but some give you the option to upgrade after 12 months with no early upgrade fees, however this is only available on the priciest of tariffs, so it can be an expensive option.