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#2776 |
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#2777 |
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My fastest ever speed: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1786887109
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My fastest ever speed: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1786887109
I'm impressed that I can now get around 70-90 on Three too. I am wondering if Vodafone is doing something to cap speeds now, as I get consistent speeds around 15-40Mbps and coverage just about everywhere, but never amazing speeds as was possible before - getting almost 200Mbps in some parts of London on 2600. |
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#2779 |
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I believe someone has broken the 200Meg cap already
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Can't edit the above post!
Joe (not sure if he's on here) was the lucky customer to get it http://i.imgur.com/RyYxR0u.jpg |
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Nice. Still not able to get over 150Mbps despite the bar now being 200. I guess we're talking about perfect conditions to get there, or a Cat 9 device in the right place.
I'm impressed that I can now get around 70-90 on Three too. I am wondering if Vodafone is doing something to cap speeds now, as I get consistent speeds around 15-40Mbps and coverage just about everywhere, but never amazing speeds as was possible before - getting almost 200Mbps in some parts of London on 2600. Same with Vodafone. I can still get very high speeds if the conditions are right. |
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My fastest ever speed: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1786887109
Btw, does anyone know what the fastest real-life speed you will get on a device that has a theoretical max of 100Mbps? I take it that I will never actually see 100Mbps, but just under, i.e. 95Mbps? |
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#2783 |
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I believe someone has broken the 200Meg cap already
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#2784 |
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VoLTE live on the S7 according to EE, looks like you need the EVR rom for it to work though.
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#2785 |
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Oh please, try a bit harder... http://imgur.com/a/IR5DH
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Oh please, try a bit harder... http://imgur.com/a/IR5DH
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#2787 |
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Just need faster uplink speeds now!
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#2788 |
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Though both downlinks and uplinks on 4G (particularly those speedtests) are faster than home broadband so will it actually improve things in real life usage (apart from speedtests)?
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#2789 |
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For some reason my speeds have declined in my town on EE obviously not soo much but not getting over 100Mbps anymore boo hoo!
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Though both downlinks and uplinks on 4G (particularly those speedtests) are faster than home broadband so will it actually improve things in real life usage (apart from speedtests)?
For other applications, there's nothing that needs such speeds. |
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Though both downlinks and uplinks on 4G (particularly those speedtests) are faster than home broadband so will it actually improve things in real life usage (apart from speedtests)?
Only thing I could think where uplink CA would be useful right now would be for broadcast stuff where they're sending large video files from shoots back to the offices. |
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The BBC uses EE for this I believe. I guess 50Mbps is sufficient though, at least until such time that the Beeb needs to send 4K content.
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Main advantage will be more capacity to avoid congestion
So for example, you might get a decent 50Mbps with all 3 carriers, and carrier aggregation, whereas you will get less with 2 carriers and very little throughput at all with everyone on a single carrier? Meaning that, as more people switch to 4G and 4G+ devices, the speeds will still be good and the network will be future proofed, rather than playing catchup. Quote:
If I can upload 1-2GB of 4K video in half the time, I'll be a happy bunny. Not that I'm complaining with 30-45Mbps now.
For other applications, there's nothing that needs such speeds. I guess that, as you mentioned, uploading and downloading rather large files would be the only advantage of such mega-speeds - most day to day tasks would be unaffected. If Youtube 1080p will work fine on 15Mbps, then you won't see the difference between 30Mbps single speed, 60Mbps double speed or 150Mbps on 3CA. I must say though, when I once used my university's internet connection for uploads, they had a few computers on gigabit connections (I'm sure I got 600Mbps+ both ways) and the speed was phenomenal. A 2GB+ youtube video uploaded in a matter of seconds. It was crazy! Quote:
Uplink CA does exist but isn't implemented on any UK networks as far as I know, although the iPhone 7 does support it. I imagine uplink CA won't come for a while as band steering the primary carrier should be good enough and uplink very rarely becomes congested, just slows down a lot as signal gets weaker.
Only thing I could think where uplink CA would be useful right now would be for broadcast stuff where they're sending large video files from shoots back to the offices. |
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If you're using 4G for mobile broadband, you'll want faster speeds just as you do at home or in an office.
However, faster speeds can work well even for just 720 or 1080 video if the device buffers. It could mean you'll have the whole video downloaded way ahead of time so you don't notice going in and out of coverage. The fact is, most of the time that extra speed won't be needed or called upon, but there are many benefits for the networks to offer faster speeds. Even if only to encourage more usage (like me uploading video over 4G in preference to using a slower fixed or Wi-Fi alternative). |
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Oh okay, I get you - so in a heavily loaded area (i.e. central London), by using multiple carriers and CA, speeds will still be relatively good and the masts won't cripple under the heavy load.
So for example, you might get a decent 50Mbps with all 3 carriers, and carrier aggregation, whereas you will get less with 2 carriers and very little throughput at all with everyone on a single carrier? Meaning that, as more people switch to 4G and 4G+ devices, the speeds will still be good and the network will be future proofed, rather than playing catchup. |
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My fastest ever speed: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1786887109
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Oh please, try a bit harder... http://imgur.com/a/IR5DH
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How about http://pic.nperf.com/r/64956228-G0s9PgnG.png
Not bad for E14. Interesting to see EE promoting the Google announcement on the 4th Oct. Maybe they will support wifi calling and VoLTE for the Pixels from launch. I imagined they wouldn't sell them and take ages to even think about supporting them. |
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#2799 |
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How about http://pic.nperf.com/r/64956228-G0s9PgnG.png
Not bad for E14. Interesting to see EE promoting the Google announcement on the 4th Oct. Maybe they will support wifi calling and VoLTE for the Pixels from launch. I imagined they wouldn't sell them and take ages to even think about supporting them. |
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#2800 |
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EE sold the current Nexus phones and still no VoLTE.
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