Phone users who are stuck with a mobile that crackles, cuts out and never connects have a new helping hand.
RootMetrics, a phone measuring company, has started making a street-by-street map of signal strength in the UK.
It rates different networks for coverage in different areas via its site.
The company is already successful in the U.S., and its information can help users decide which network to choose to get a better connection where they live.
It can also, the company claims, put pressure on mobile phone companies to boost connection speeds in areas where they might be lacking.
The company has just finished a street-by-street scan of London, with the rest of the UK to follow.
Employees test network speeds using cases full of smartphones running on different networks - but they also encourage the public to join in, downloading a RootMetrics app to measure speeds where they live.
'Think the mobile phone companies won’t respond to one person’s opinion or test results? Maybe,' says the company.
'There’s power in numbers, though, and the carriers are paying attention to the results you’re gathering with our CoverageMap app and what we’re finding with our professional testing.'
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