The three network… It’s a law onto itself at the moment. Since Christmas, it’s been having it’s problems.
2G Speeds at 4G prices
Having been moored above the lock close to Cropredy called Varneys’ for over a week and had plenty of time to experiment with the phone, boat location and settings of the SIMs on my phone. I can conclude that for the mast that provides for Three for this area, Three is selling a 4G connection, but providing 2G/3G speeds.
| Generation | Cellular technology | Average data speed (download) |
|---|---|---|
| 2G | HSCSD | 15-20 kbps |
| 2G | GPRS | 30-50 kbps |
| 2G | EGPRS/EDGE | 130-200 kbps |
| 3G | UMTS | 384 kbps |
| 3G | HSPA | 3-5 Mbps |
| 3G | HSPA+ | 5-8 Mbps |
| 4G | LTE | 15-20 Mbps |
| 4G | LTE-Advanced | 50-80 Mbps |
| 4G | LTE-Advanced Pro | 60-100 Mbps |
| 5G | NR | 150-200 Mbps |
— Average download data speed for GSM/UMTS mobile network evolution —
Here’s a picture taken from the Speedtest app on Googleplay.
A lot of the time, it was providing about 2-4Mbs, which is 2G. All the time it was doing this, it was showing the 4G symbol. As we can see from the table, 4G connection is upwards of 15, nothing like what I was getting.
Pretty dodgy.
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