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Who is best for data speeds ?
Looking to either go with virgin orange or t-mobile on either payg or pay monthly sim only.
I know t-mobile throttle to 4mb sec but do the others? |
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Virgin also throttle speeds at all times. Virgin will also throttle your connection to 384K if you use more than 3.5GB. Im not 100% sure about Orange but I am guessing they do also, im pretty sure they do.
Its widely known Three is best for data speeds, I get between 23-33Mb usually ranging around 27Mb. |
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Looking for the fastest out of the ee network/mvno options as phone is locked to orange (and too cheap to unlock!)
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I guess your best bet is with T-Mobile and 4Mbps because Virgin limit speeds to 1.5Mbps.
Your best bet is to unlock to be honest if you wish to get speeds greater than 4Mbps and then sign up to Three, but I guess as you said you're too cheap. |
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fastest least value - EE - 50mb down
fasted best value - Three - unlimited data and speeds of around 20mb where i live plus no extra cost for 4g when they launch |
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Do orange throttle speeds then ?
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I don't believe Orange do, they tend not to offer as large an allowance instead I believe.
Speeds obviously will vary depending where you are but in my experience, Three are the most consistent. I've had faster speeds on T-Mobile than I saw on Three but it's much more hit-and-miss. |
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Orange or Three or T-mobile (if not on unlimited).
EE 4G at upto 80 is fastest but you seem to want the cheapest option seeing you mentioned Virgin. |
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I get around 10-20 Mbs down in a local town near me with T-Mobile.
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I get around 10-20 Mbs down in a local town near me with T-Mobile.
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What phone, please?
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Nokia 920. Speed does obviously depend on the phone which (to be very positive) will only get better over time.
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Are you on the full monty plan though? im sure that's the one they throttle speeds on
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Oh, so t-mobile only throttle on the full monty?
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orange speeds vary very much, go with 3
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Oh, so t-mobile only throttle on the full monty?
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Speed is all subject to your local area conditions and level of network congestion, so everybody's experience is likely to be different. Three, do suffer from poor speeds in areas of high traffic but unlike a lot of the other networks they do indicate high levels of mast congestion on their coverage checker when you enter your postcode. This coverage checker will also show if the area is High Speed DC-HSDPA enabled.
I tend to travel around the country during the week and so I do have the luxury of trying my connection in various areas and from this personal experience, I tend to find that Three seem to offer the highest and most consistent speeds, especially in DC-HSDPA enabled mast areas. Followed by T-Mobile who seem to give usable streaming speeds most of the time. The worst network i've ever used so far has to be Virgin Mobile, who really seem to struggle to give me more than 1 - 2 mb/s day or night in any of the areas i've visited and i've yet to see any upload speed from them exceed 0.4mb/s at any point in the last nine months. |
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