Who owns that mast?

[Comstock]

I get a really rubbish mobile signal in my flat, but just at the end of my street there's a mobile mast.

It clearly isn't an O2 mast!

Is there any way of finding out who owns it, or is it just a case of trying different network SIMs til I get lucky?

 

[Darandio]

Try this place and just whack in your postcode. www.mastdata.com/

 

[Puffing Devil]

I get a really rubbish mobile signal in my flat, but just at the end of my street there's a mobile mast.

It clearly isn't an O2 mast!

Is there any way of finding out who owns it, or is it just a case of trying different network SIMs til I get lucky?

WiFi calling is the way forward - most operators support it with the right hardware.

 

[scotrail158713]

WiFi calling is the way forward - most operators support it with the right hardware.

Is that what that thing in the top left of my phone is?

 

[Puffing Devil]

Looks like it - you don't need a mast and should be able to call away!

 

[Cowley]

Try this place and just whack in your postcode. www.mastdata.com/

That’s a very useful thing @Darandio thanks for sharing that.
I swapped from Vodafone to EE earlier this year and wondered why my phone signal was so poor when there’s a mast a hundred metres away. Turns out the mast is owned by Vodafone!
I got a newer phone a couple of weeks ago and seems to better now anyway.

 

[Lewlew]

Open Signal is a good app to see what mast you're currently connected to and any others around you on your network.

Android -
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal

Believe there is an iOS version as well

 

[Comstock]

Try this place and just whack in your postcode. www.mastdata.com/

Thank, looks like it's an EE mast so I might try Asda Mobile.

 

[robbeech]

Being closer to a mast isn’t always guaranteed to improve reception. As a general rule you should see improvements but there will still be areas where the signal is poor and this can happen quite close to antenna. ‘Blackspots’ Where you suddenly don’t get the signal or reflections or you get cancellation of signals due to position can have an effect.
Antenna directivity can also play a part although when you’re closer the signal strength is generally high enough off axis from a directional antenna to minimise problems.