Since the fire at the hay barn at Nightingale Farm over 3 years ago, which destroyed a Cellphone mast - much of Bishampton, Throckmorton and surrounding villages have been without any adequate cell phone service.
The mast was operated jointly by EE (owned by BT) and Three (Hutchinson Telecom).
Early communications with the operators revealed that they planned to replace the mast with a higher specification 5G mast.
After protracted delays planning permission for a replacement mast was sought and approved in late 2022 leading to hopes of a quick completion.
We know some households are managing with "Voice over WiFi" services over their home broadband - but this is not available to everyone and not the service for which we are all paying. Lack of reception also causes problems using many online services which use mobiles for authentication and of course potential difficulty reaching emergency services
NOTE:
EE's network - also supports BT Mobile, PlusNet mobile, Lyca, 1p mobile and others
3's network - also supports SMARTY mobile and iD mobile