Agriculture
Signal that reaches the far field
Farms are the hardest coverage problem in East Anglia, and the one most often solved by guesswork. We check what actually works where your people are, then build around it.
What usually goes wrong
One network almost never covers a whole farm
A farm is not a postcode. Coverage maps are drawn at a resolution that tells you very little about a yard behind a grain store, a field on the far side of a hill, or a tractor cab three miles from the office. The result is usually a contract bought on a map that does not match the ground.
It matters more than it used to. Sprayer guidance, yield mapping, livestock monitoring and the paperwork that follows an inspection all now assume a data connection. When it drops, work stops and someone drives back to the office.
Coverage checked field by field. Multi-network options for the parts of the farm where one network gives up.
How we help
What we actually do about it
Coverage checked on the ground
We look at where your people actually work — yards, stores, outlying blocks, the route the lorries take — and check signal there rather than reading a map.
More than one network
Where a single network cannot cover everything, we arrange multi-network SIMs or signal boosting for the buildings that need it, rather than pretending one will do.
Seasonal lines
Harvest and lambing need more phones than February does. Lines can be added and paused so you are not paying year-round for staff who are with you for six weeks.
What you get
The things that matter in agriculture
- Coverage checked field by field, not by postcode
- Multi-network and signal boosting options
- Flexible lines for seasonal staff
- Data caps so a big month cannot become a big bill
- Rugged handsets that survive a working yard
- One person to call when something stops working
Common questions
What people in agriculture ask us
Can you actually improve signal in a specific building?
Often, yes. In-building coverage can be improved with a booster or a small cell fed by your broadband. It depends on the building and the network, so we look before we promise anything.
We use two networks already. Is that normal?
It is common on farms and it is not a failure. What matters is that it is deliberate rather than something that happened over ten years of ad hoc purchases.
Can we add lines just for harvest?
Yes. Short-term and flexible lines are straightforward to arrange, and we can pause rather than cancel where that works out cheaper.
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Tell us how your operation runs
We will look at what you have, tell you what we would change, and put it in writing. No obligation either way.