Further Resources: Mobile signal survey: Appendix 1 – Questionnaire questions

Summary of responses in Bold Italic and detailed totals in tables.

Avonwick Mobile Telephone Signal Survey

A survey by North Huish Parish Council

We are often told that mobile phone coverage in the village isn’t very good: so we’d like to know how good – or bad – your mobile phone signal is at home.

North Huish Parish Council is concerned that the official coverage maps for this area are not accurate. We hope to use the results of this survey to lobby for better signal from the main mobile phone providers in the parts of the village which really need it.

Please answer these questions honestly so that we can see the strength of signal in different parts of the village: please don’t exaggerate, as we are trying to find the true extent of coverage.

If you have ‘WiFi calling’ enabled on your phone, please turn it off before checking your signal!

You can find out more about this survey, and the ways in which we will use the data we collect, at the parish council’s website at northhuishparishcouncil.co.uk/further-resources/avonwick-mobile-telephone-signal-survey/

  1. Which mobile telephone network do you use?
  • Network Group 1: EE, ASDA Mobile, BT Mobile, Plusnet Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Utility Warehouse, 1pMobile, The Phone Coop, Orange, T-Mobile – 24
  • Network Group 2: 02, Giffgaff, Tesco Mobile, Sky Mobile, LycaMobile – 18
  • Network Group 3: Three, iD Mobile, Smarty, FreedomPop – 5
  • Network Group 4: Vodafone, Voxi, Lebara Mobile, Talk Mobile – 6
  1. Are you able to get a useable mobile phone signal directly outside your house?
  • Yes – 17
  • No – 36
  1. Typical signal strength outside your house
  • 0 Bars (no signal) – 22
  • 1 Bar – 24
  • 2 Bars – 5
  • 3 bars – 1
  • 4-5 bars – 1
  Bars Outside
0 1 2 3 4
No. respondents Group 1 10 10 3 0 1
No. respondents Group 2 6 10 2 0 0
No. respondents Group 3 3 2 0 0 0
No. respondents Group 4 3 2 0 1 0
No. respondents All Networks 22 24 5 1 1

 

  1. Are you able to get a useable mobile phone signal in the main living areas of your house?
  • Yes – 9
  • No – 44
  1. Typical signal strength in the main living areas of your house
  • 0 Bars (no signal) – 40
  • 1 Bar – 10
  • 2 Bars – 2
  • 3 bars – 1
  • 4 bars – 0
  Bars in Main Areas
0 1 2 3 4
No. respondents Group 1 17 6 0 1 0
No. respondents Group 2 15 2 1 0 0
No. respondents Group 3 5 0 0 0 0
No. respondents Group 4 3 2 1 0 0
No. respondents All Networks 40 10 2 1 0

 

  1. Are you able to get a useable mobile phone signal anywhere inside your house?
  • Yes – 22
  • No – 31
  1. Maximum signal strength in any part of your house
  • 0 Bars (no signal) – 20
  • 1 Bar – 19
  • 2 Bars – 8
  • 3 bars – 2
  • 4 bars – 0
  Bars in Any Part of House
0 1 2 3 4
No. respondents Group 1 9 8 6 1 0
No. respondents Group 2 9 7 1 1 0
No. respondents Group 3 1 3 1 0 0
No. respondents Group 4 2 3 1 0 0
No. respondents All Networks 21 21 9 2 0

 

  1. Are you able to get the following inside your house?
  • 2G Voice only mobile telephone signal
  • 3G Basic internet data signal
  • 4G High speed ‘mobile broadband’ signal
  • Don’t know
  1. What is your address?

(We need to know this so we can plot signal strength across the area; we won’t use it to contact you unless you indicate below that you would be happy for us to do so.)

  • First line of address
  • Postcode
  • If you would be happy for someone from the council to contact you about this survey, please tell us your name.
  • If you would be happy for someone from the council to contact you about this survey, please give us either a phone number or e-mail address.
  1. If you have suffered significant inconvenience as a result of the mobile telephone signal in your house, please tell us how.

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