This should be put into operation by the end of July at the latest. Lg

Good day

I don’t know what it’s like at Swisscom. But in Telekom Deutschland’s network construction podcast, as an example, it was mentioned that new antennas are only integrated into the network on 3 or 4 fixed days a year, since when an antenna is put into operation there are always adjustments to the surrounding antennas, since they are have to work together.

It may well be that the antenna has been technically and mechanically ready for a long time, but has not yet been integrated into the network.

Incomprehensible for impatient customers, but probably necessary in order not to lose track.

Dosc

Good evening,

I don’t know that either. All I know is that the antenna on our roof already uses a lot of power. So I think this is already in operation.

Lg

Hello everyone @Wiheupau19

The antenna was put into operation, I saw the technician at the headquarters where the signal was coming from and he told me that they had just put the antenna into operation.

Greetings Lorenz

Yes, indeed! I finally have full reception in Eichberg. But to be honest, I’m a bit - actually quite - disappointed.

I was expecting a lot more speed via 5G (tested several times on/at different days/times of day, always about the same; directly at the mast, clear view of the transmitter modules, perhaps around 50m distance as the crow flies).

My subscription allows up to 2Gbit, for example in Oberriet (Swisscom mast near Coop/Piazza) I can achieve a good 1.2Gbit down.

@DerEichberger

The performance depends in part on the load on the number of users.

Yes, that is of course clear to me, hence the various measurements on different days and at different times.

The conclusion is that either the transmission performance of the system is rather poor or the antenna is not connected particularly quickly: (Yet) no fiber optic in the sense of “FTTH”.

The topic of “number of users” was once an issue and perhaps still is today at the main station in Zurich. Otherwise, probably no. All locations are also connected via fiber optics. Hence no. Remote diagnosis is therefore difficult. The transmission power may be significantly reduced or or or.

@DerEichberger

Well, I would be happy for now. Why do you always complain? I mean, before you had hardly any reception and now you had full signal strength. The speed test values ​​aren’t that bad either. I’ve seen much worse. You also have to see, I rarely have more than 1Gbit’s and seriously, people, for what???

It may also be that the fiber optic connection of this antenna is not yet ready and therefore you cannot yet benefit from the increased speed.

I observed a similar thing in Biglen / BE shortly after commissioning, although there was a 4/4 bar signal but not yet the usual 5G speed.

A few weeks later the turbo was fired and you get >1GBit/s download.

In the beginning, the fiber optic cable may not have been spliced ​​and the system ran over a copper line.

I have photos of the antenna. I live under the antenna. I was up on the roof and took photos of them. But I somehow can’t upload it here. Lg

@Wiheupau19

In your photo you can see that you have WiFi switched on and it’s a bad one

Do you have mobile reception?

Did you turn off the WLAN when measuring the speed and was the mobile network display on full display?

Hi Walter,

this photo is just a screenshot from my phone. I was in my apartment and had the WiFi turned on. I probably won’t have WiFi on the roof since my apartment is on the ground floor in this apartment building.

Yesterday I tested the speed test once with and once without WiFi. Without WiFi I had 213 Mb/s and with WiFi I had 320Mb/s. And without WiFi I had 4 or even 5 bars. - That was never the case before the antenna. lg

After all, Swisscom is the only provider that has an antenna in this location.

Ok, the speed isn’t exactly a hit, but with other providers you probably wouldn’t have a better reception there.

I’m plagued with Sunrise for business, so I have to be lucky if I have any network at all, usually it’s barely more than 25 Mbit/s, regardless of whether it’s 4G or 5G.

With Swisscom, 4G is usually faster, but with 5G it really takes off.

Yes, before that I was at Sunrise too, and in some cases I had no reception at all. We should get fiber optics in the apartment. I think I will then be happy with the internet at home.

Interesting, in the middle you can see the typical n78 beamforming antennas. They will probably still be put into operation with a new location data sheet. This was probably also the case in Biglen BE, I can’t imagine Swisscom temporarily feeding antennas via copper.