3G is rubbish all over this area. New Mills only has it in parts, I know cos I live there. I cannot speak for Chapel or Furness but I really doubt they have it 100%. 


Mobile companies are not bothered about anywhere outside major population areas.

Much of the problem is down to the way the mobile phone system was originally set up.  In the sacred name of "competition" - so exalted by those rich enough not to have to compete - each company was expected to set up its own infra-structure.  Given the cost of the infra-structure it is not surprising that they neglect to cover some areas.

The rational way to organize mobile telephony would have been to follow the land line model.   A single company providing the infra structure and selling airtime to the providers who could repackage it before selling it to the consumer.  Still plenty of scope for competition


Having said all that, I don't have much trouble with broadband access in Whaley using 02.   Bugsworth is another matter but that is hardly surprising :-)

The O2 mast is at the bottom of Stubbins Lane so would have a good view of the Station.  But I don't think it is visible from Buggy, especially down by the Club, because of the nearby rising ground.


All the other major operators have base stations on Stubbins Lane - I suspect on the TV mast.

Depending on who your provider is, they should give you a signal booster.

We live at the top of Mac Road and even with the extra height, our mobile provider, Three, still took a look at the signal that we were getting and decided that we were in need of an £80 signal booster, which they have 'loaned' to us for free.


There is 3G already in the area, and there's little that the phone companies can do about the hills to be honest. TV is the same - we have to use FreeSat rather than get Freeview over the air through an aerial.

Unfortunately looks like O2 are a little lacking in this respect: https://community.o2.co....-rural-areas/td-p/550338

I'd call Customer Services and moan, you're not getting the service you should be getting!

O2 do the signal booster but they only supply them if you have a business account. The seem to want to push the TuGo app instead for residential customers.  They also charge around £200 for the boost box!

I have an O2 booster in, but it's not the actual O2 one. It is a ship-to-shore marine booster, and it works quite well, but does not transmit 3G, because it it not actually receiving 3G from the transmitter on The Sidings.

Regarding wired Internet, I am interested in what is going on at the back of my house on the Eccles Road junction. A BT super-fast fibre box seems to have been installed, and people are mucking about inside it daily. I think this means were are close to getting fibre to the exchange.

As for Dave's question, as things progress, expectations rise, and more speed is needed. I run a small marketing agency from the house, and clients are now expecting us to be able host video conferences in Adobe Connect; which, I have discovered is essentially impossible with my current upload speed. We are also regularly sharing event slide decks with video that run in excess of 150MB, and those take an age to squirt up the pipes.

I'd love to know BT's schedule on fibre now that the boxes seem to be in.