Mind you, speeds in Plymouth at the moment make me think I'm still on 3G!
Generally I'm getting 4G download speeds that are similar to the HSPA download speeds I used to get on T-Mobile 2 years ago (10 to 14 megabit). Upload is dramatically faster on 4G, and 4G has none of the stalling that plagued 3G. I assume this indicates that there is plenty of spectrum capacity, but the backhaul is congested, and as upgrades occur it will be relieved.
Generally I'm getting 4G download speeds that are similar to the HSPA download speeds I used to get on T-Mobile 2 years ago (10 to 14 megabit). Upload is dramatically faster on 4G, and 4G has none of the stalling that plagued 3G. I assume this indicates that there is plenty of spectrum capacity, but the backhaul is congested, and as upgrades occur it will be relieved.
Sitting in Basingstoke today, I got ~20Mbps on 3G, yet ~7Mbps on 4G. Uploads were the same.
Been getting 4Mbit down, 1Mbit up on certain 4G sites over the last few weeks....
Yeah I was down at Vue again the other day and still slow.
Took kids to the Eden project the on Monday though, came back in the evening and stopped for a Burger King in Saltash services.
Almost full 4G signal indoors and 45 Meg!!!
Also always impressed how there is nearly unbroken fast 3G all the way down to St Austell and the landscape is really winding and hilly too.
Kids were in the back with the iPad tethered to my iPhone and I don't think Netflix buffered or stopped once between Plymouth and Eden.
Sitting in Basingstoke today, I got ~20Mbps on 3G, yet ~7Mbps on 4G. Uploads were the same.
In a 20mhz area tonight, Nottingham. Getting a max of 10Mbps down and 6 up on iPad and iPhone. iPad is on a double speed plan. Not seen 4g this slow for ages. Guess network issues somewhere. Latency is still good. Using london PCCW or local speed test sites. Odd.
Also always impressed how there is nearly unbroken fast 3G all the way down to St Austell and the landscape is really winding and hilly too.
Kids were in the back with the iPad tethered to my iPhone and I don't think Netflix buffered or stopped once between Plymouth and Eden.
MBNL has certainly done a good job in Cornwall, it's been hard to find real blackspots on 3G for years. The only one that really irritates me is in a village I have to drive through to get to St Austell. The coverage seems centred on the two A roads and the railway line though, my village is near the A30 and you get great coverage if you're on the industrial estate where the cell sites and A30 are, but it's pants once you drive in to the village.
It's otherwise very nice to be pretty much in the middle of nowhere and yet still get 20Mbps HSPA from 3. It'll be nice to see how things are when we finally get LTE (EE needs to break out of the Plymouth/Exeter/South Devon mindset)
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I thought single speed was capped at 30Mb/s?
Damn, I'm thinking of plans rather than technology.
Generally I'm getting 4G download speeds that are similar to the HSPA download speeds I used to get on T-Mobile 2 years ago (10 to 14 megabit). Upload is dramatically faster on 4G, and 4G has none of the stalling that plagued 3G. I assume this indicates that there is plenty of spectrum capacity, but the backhaul is congested, and as upgrades occur it will be relieved.
Sitting in Basingstoke today, I got ~20Mbps on 3G, yet ~7Mbps on 4G. Uploads were the same.
Yeah I was down at Vue again the other day and still slow.
Took kids to the Eden project the on Monday though, came back in the evening and stopped for a Burger King in Saltash services.
Almost full 4G signal indoors and 45 Meg!!!
Also always impressed how there is nearly unbroken fast 3G all the way down to St Austell and the landscape is really winding and hilly too.
Kids were in the back with the iPad tethered to my iPhone and I don't think Netflix buffered or stopped once between Plymouth and Eden.
In a 20mhz area tonight, Nottingham. Getting a max of 10Mbps down and 6 up on iPad and iPhone. iPad is on a double speed plan. Not seen 4g this slow for ages. Guess network issues somewhere. Latency is still good. Using london PCCW or local speed test sites. Odd.
MBNL has certainly done a good job in Cornwall, it's been hard to find real blackspots on 3G for years. The only one that really irritates me is in a village I have to drive through to get to St Austell. The coverage seems centred on the two A roads and the railway line though, my village is near the A30 and you get great coverage if you're on the industrial estate where the cell sites and A30 are, but it's pants once you drive in to the village.
It's otherwise very nice to be pretty much in the middle of nowhere and yet still get 20Mbps HSPA from 3. It'll be nice to see how things are when we finally get LTE (EE needs to break out of the Plymouth/Exeter/South Devon mindset)