Frating mobile coverage Three 71% indoors here, 91% across Colchester CO7 · Babergh
No network wins CO7 on overall coverage: all four are within 4 points, but indoors EE, O2 and Vodafone reach 100% of sampled addresses and Three 71%.
CO7: Frating, Ardleigh, Elmstead, St Osyth, Wivenhoe, Alresford, Brightlingsea, East Bergholt (Babergh, Colchester, Tendring).
CO7 scores
Ofcom Mobile Coverage data (May 2025), measured across 85 addresses in 5 sampled postcodes: CO7 7AA, CO7 7BB, CO7 7EG, CO7 7GX, CO7 7XG. Methodology.
How CO7 compares
Against the Colchester average
- Three indoors: 71% here, 91% across Colchester (−20).
- Vodafone indoors: 100% here, 86% across Colchester (+14).
- EE indoors: 100% here, 90% across Colchester (+10).
- O2 indoors: 100% here, 90% across Colchester (+10).
Weakest spot in Colchester: CO6 Marks Tey, where Vodafone reaches 21% indoors.
Lowest indoor figure of the 8 Colchester districts sampled, for Three.
Indoor signal around CO7
| District | km away | EE | O2 | Three | Vodafone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO7 Frating (here) | – | 100% | 100% | 71% | 100% |
| CO4 Ardleigh, Boxted | 7 | 97% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| CO1 Tiptree, Myland | 7 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| CO2 Stanway, Birch | 8 | 79% | 94% | 86% | 100% |
| CO3 Stanway, Birch | 10 | 100% | 77% | 100% | 100% |
| Colchester average | – | 90% | 90% | 91% | 86% |
Biggest difference nearby: Three indoors, 71% here and 100% in CO4 Ardleigh, 7 km away.
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