BahrainLad
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Travelled back from Paris to London this afternoon and was happy to try out one of the the new e320 trains.
Very impressed - comfortable, smooth, bright and spacious inside and the table of four (with only two of us) in Standard was great, especially the power points at each seat.
What I did notice, however, was that mobile phone reception was rubbish! I am on 3 in the UK and on regular Eurostar journeys to/from Paris it has never been a problem using data on the train either via Bouyges 3G or Free 3G. Admittedly it's difficult to stream video (!) but checking email, WhatsApp, reading the Gruniard and so on is fine. On the new e320 set, almost impossible - reception and data transfer only really worked stationary at Paris Nord and next, ironically, in the tunnel...and then when stationary at Ebbsfleet.
Has anyone else noticed this? A friend suggested they might have used solar coating on the windows to reduce internal cooling requirement, which is notorious for mucking about with RF signals for mobiles.
Very impressed - comfortable, smooth, bright and spacious inside and the table of four (with only two of us) in Standard was great, especially the power points at each seat.
What I did notice, however, was that mobile phone reception was rubbish! I am on 3 in the UK and on regular Eurostar journeys to/from Paris it has never been a problem using data on the train either via Bouyges 3G or Free 3G. Admittedly it's difficult to stream video (!) but checking email, WhatsApp, reading the Gruniard and so on is fine. On the new e320 set, almost impossible - reception and data transfer only really worked stationary at Paris Nord and next, ironically, in the tunnel...and then when stationary at Ebbsfleet.
Has anyone else noticed this? A friend suggested they might have used solar coating on the windows to reduce internal cooling requirement, which is notorious for mucking about with RF signals for mobiles.