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Minardi

04-02-2012

Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“Could you try it again later on or early in the morning to see who is suffering from congestion and who is using slower tech at the mast.”

Just retried them all as follows. Nokia N8 Using CNLAB Speedtest. Not the best App but the only one avaliable so I'd advise these as useable for comparison only! All taken on the same phone within about 10 mins:

O2 Test is provided via my GiffGaff SIM. 3 is from my Brother's 3 AYCE One Plan SIM in my phone. Orange & T-Mob speeds from an Orange PAYG SIM I've topped up to use as a test mule.

O2: 4.8Meg
3: 3.7Meg
Orange: 1.8Meg
T-Mobile: 0.9Meg

Closest Site: 3/T-Mobile share, can see it out of my window, less than 1km.
Next is Orange, about 3km, then O2 at nearly 5km.

Problem with O2 here is we suffer when there's cell breathing going on, if it's busy, us on the edge get dumped!

Minardi

04-02-2012

Oh and to fill in the blank, Vodafone don't have 3G coverage here. Or anywhere in the area!

ajh94

05-02-2012

Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“I got bored at work earlier and speed tested the networks.

Edinburgh Central EH3 - iPhone 4S

Closest mast is the O2 one, i used a GiffGaff sim do they restrict or not allow use of UTMS900?

http://i43.tinypic.com/67tcae.jpg”

Pretty good!! Also yes giffgaff can use UMTS900 but you have no way of telling if its using it or not so its just pot luck as to whether it will be UMTS900 or not.

Minardi

06-02-2012

Originally Posted by ajh94:
“Pretty good!! Also yes giffgaff can use UMTS900 but you have no way of telling if its using it or not so its just pot luck as to whether it will be UMTS900 or not.”

I think keeping GG off 3G900 would be prohibitively expensive and basically pointless!

davybhoy

08-02-2012

Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“Could be that the masts or the technology that connects the masts to EE's network (Backhaul) is peak at 3.1

Have you tried roaming onto Orange T-Mobile and seeing what they give you?”

Was in Engand mate so wanted to wait until I got home to try, hence the late reply. I had 3G earlier and on Orange I got:

Ping: 391 ms
D/L: 0.86 Mbps
U/L: 0.24 Mbps

On Orange T-Mobile I got:

Ping: 137 ms
D/L: 0.97 Mbps
U/L: 1.08 Mbps

Not great for either network!!

The Lord Lucan

09-02-2012

Can all Orange customers who feel they have been capped at 1.8 please test speeds to see if they have changed anything.

davybhoy

10-02-2012

Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“Can all Orange customers who feel they have been capped at 1.8 please test speeds to see if they have changed anything.”

In Belfast...

Orange:

Ping - 391ms
D/L - 0.86Mbps
U/L - 0.24Mbps

Orange T-Mobile:

Ping - 137ms
D/L - 0.97Mbps
U/L - 1.08Mbps

Totally crap for 3G speeds and I have GPRS Premium on my account!

Minardi

12-02-2012

Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“Can all Orange customers who feel they have been capped at 1.8 please test speeds to see if they have changed anything.”

Don't feel I have been capped but still have that PAYG SIM about so retested. It is peak time now granted, but things have got worse!

Orange: 300k Av. down and up, worst test was 12k down/9k up

T-Mobile: 300k Av. down, 500k up. Worse was 9k down, 30k up.

Stuart_h

13-02-2012

Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“Can all Orange customers who feel they have been capped at 1.8 please test speeds to see if they have changed anything.”

Ive just moved to Orange. Ive run a Speed Test on my Galaxy Nexus and the results were:

1917kbps download
372 kbps upload

(thats on 3 bars HSDPA)

How do i know if i have a 'Premium' setting ? Do i have to ring and ask ?

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