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Old 11-08-2011, 00:39
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Hi there,

Is it true that T-Mobile UK have capped data speeds to around 384kbps?

If so, how do you get increased speeds

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Old 11-08-2011, 00:42
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Standard PAYG are I believe, but any Smartphones etc are put on the Web'n'Walk+ plan i think.
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Old 11-08-2011, 00:43
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Standard PAYG are I believe, but any Smartphones etc are put on the Web'n'Walk+ plan i think.
do u have to pay for web and walk and whats the max speed?
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Old 11-08-2011, 01:25
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do u have to pay for web and walk and whats the max speed?
I have internet included with my phone, as do many others so no you dont have to pay for web'n'walk. The max speed is about 1.8/9 MB. And it performs excellently, very fast and consistent compared to other networks i have seen.
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Old 11-08-2011, 11:28
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I have internet included with my phone, as do many others so no you dont have to pay for web'n'walk. The max speed is about 1.8/9 MB. And it performs excellently, very fast and consistent compared to other networks i have seen.
Thats great mate... How do you find t-mob in terms of reliability/texts coming through on time / calls ringing as opposed to going to voicemail etc
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Old 11-08-2011, 23:15
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Thats great mate... How do you find t-mob in terms of reliability/texts coming through on time / calls ringing as opposed to going to voicemail etc
Never had any kind of problems like that
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Old 12-08-2011, 17:00
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If you're going for a £25+ contract tariff with "Truly Unlimited" internet, beware that your speed will indeed be capped to 3G speeds with no HSDPA speeds even where possible...
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Old 12-08-2011, 20:13
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If you're going for a £25+ contract tariff with "Truly Unlimited" internet, beware that your speed will indeed be capped to 3G speeds with no HSDPA speeds even where possible...
Thanks for that ? What do you mean ? How do they 'cap it'
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Old 12-08-2011, 20:17
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They say it's not capped as there is no download limit however the speed unfortunately is capped around 384kbps as you thought.
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:09
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They also cap it to that level if you go over there fair usage policy. And if you continue to exceed it, they reduce it again until you cut down.
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:13
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With 'truly unlimited' they claim there is no fair usage policy; in my case I'd barely started to use the phone, found even simple news websites were slow to load and decided to cancel my contract.
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Old 12-08-2011, 22:45
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Never had any kind of problems like that
i have a PAYG PHONE, on tmobile network... i am finding signal in my flat is crap.. but improving.. as for text never on time last one i sent to my partner on same network took 30 min.
but we do live in a dip.
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Old 12-08-2011, 22:58
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They say it's not capped as there is no download limit however the speed unfortunately is capped around 384kbps as you thought.
I'm pretty sure in that case you need to phone T-Mobile.. If you have a smartphone that shouldn't be capped that low at all.
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Old 12-08-2011, 23:51
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if I got a new phone would it be capped ?

I want an iphone... How reliable is texts arriving straight away after sent and being received straight away,,, also how about voice calls ringing as opposed to just going to voicemail

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Old 13-08-2011, 12:42
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I have a couple of friends with iPhone on T-Mo and they always tell me texts to them are delayed. Texts to Voda, Orange and Three from my O2 phone seem to arrive straight away.
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Old 13-08-2011, 12:47
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I have a couple of friends with iPhone on T-Mo and they always tell me texts to them are delayed. Texts to Voda, Orange and Three from my O2 phone seem to arrive straight away.
Are you on O2 ?

Do your texts arrive late (texts sent to you from others?) as I seem to have probs with them being delayed
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Old 13-08-2011, 12:49
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Yes, I'm on O2. I'm not aware of any delays. I get everything as soon as it's sent.
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Old 13-08-2011, 13:09
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Yes, I'm on O2. I'm not aware of any delays. I get everything as soon as it's sent.
Cheers, do you have an iphone ?

Also mate, do your friends on tmobile not get the messages then ?
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Old 13-08-2011, 13:52
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Personally i feel that T-Mobile and Orange's network are both in a dire condition and despite being told time and time again that the networks are converging nothing has yet happened.
It looks like 3 are also heavinly reliant on the netework sharing agreement and are suffering as people migrate from them as the coverage is still dire.
Being on Tmobile myself compared to o2 and vodafone the signal is quite often much worse with no signal in many more places. Websites are much slower to load than o2 and vodafone. Data speeds are capped at 2mb which quite honestly youd be very lucky to get most of the time, in short avoid T-Mobile like the plague.
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Old 13-08-2011, 13:59
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Personally i feel that T-Mobile and Orange's network are both in a dire condition and despite being told time and time again that the networks are converging nothing has yet happened.
It looks like 3 are also heavinly reliant on the netework sharing agreement and are suffering as people migrate from them as the coverage is still dire.
Being on Tmobile myself compared to o2 and vodafone the signal is quite often much worse with no signal in many more places. Websites are much slower to load than o2 and vodafone. Data speeds are capped at 2mb which quite honestly youd be very lucky to get most of the time, in short avoid T-Mobile like the plague.
thanks for that barker, i was going to move from O2 to T-Mobile...

Is T-mobile not as good as it looks then

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Old 13-08-2011, 14:07
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Cheers, do you have an iphone ?

Also mate, do your friends on tmobile not get the messages then ?
There have been instances in the past where texts haven't turned up, yes.
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Old 13-08-2011, 14:07
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T-mobile speeds are now capped at 1 meg. They used to be capped at 350k. The cap only applies to handsets not dongles. I find T-mobiles data network quite good.
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Old 13-08-2011, 14:14
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thanks for that barker, i was going to move from O2 to T-Mobile...

Is T-mobile not as good as it looks then

Regards
I moved from T-Mo about 3 years ago because at the time the iPhone was exclusive to O2 and T-Mobile had great data. O2's been fine for me at home, and pretty good when travelling internationally, but I find plenty of places where O2's coverage is lame at best and non-existent at worst. I have a T-Mobile PAYG sim in my other phone and whilst the data is OK, I definitely think the speed and reach has gone downhill.

I have a few friends who swear by Three as having great, fast service, but I've read numerous stories about what a total nightmare their customer service is.

To be honest, right now, they all need to spend a LOT of money on upgrading their infrastructure and bandwidth, because it's clear that the rapid and widespread adoption of smartphones (and therefore data usage) has swamped them. I don't think any of the networks are providing a great service right now, so unless you have no signal where you are, you may just be better off staying with your current provider.
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Old 13-08-2011, 14:21
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T-mobile speeds are now capped at 1 meg. They used to be capped at 350k. The cap only applies to handsets not dongles. I find T-mobiles data network quite good.
So why, after being uncapped, do I get 2 meg?
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Old 13-08-2011, 14:37
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I also have speeds capped at 2mb ...not sure where the 1mb figure has come from.Still much slower than all the others apart from orange.
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