Originally Posted by wavejockglw:
“Has this been happening more in recent weeks?
Is it fairly built-up areas where you experience this? (Areas where you expect there would be lots of mobile users?)
Not sure if Trafficsense is managed on a cell site basis or whether it has a blanket coverage during the hours it is active. I suspect it only kicks in when there is a congestion issue locally or the chance of that arising but I'm not really sure how the system is configured.”
Since I joined early January really. The weird thing is it's blistering fast during the day and even faster than home broadband. But come evening, say around 6pm, there's no way you will stream anything off iplayer or YouTube.
I think you're right the traffic sense might be being used in built up areas only.
I rarely tether (maybe 1gb a year if I'm lucky!) and I only really got this plan to let me stream radio and iplayer without keeping an eye on my data usage - even then I don't consider myself a heavy user. Normal use is around 2-3gb per month and in a heavy month it's around 4-5gb.
I initially signed up on a 30 day contract but stupidly went for a full 12 months when I heard rumors of three putting prices up.
Now I'm regretting it. And looking at ways to get out.