0.1 meg data speed while roaming. Capped?

[Anonymous]

Hi

I'm enjoying a few days in the Isle of Man. However, the speedtest app says I'm getting 0.1 meg on both Sure and Manx Telecom

I suspect the rate is being capped as speedtest starts higher and quickly drops to a steady 0.1. No such problems at home

Anybody know if this is normal or if it can be 'fixed'? If so, how?

Ta!

[MI5]

Normal - Travel data is heavily throttled to discourage use.

[Bambino]

Using the Speedtest app will also use your data allowance, but if you're having a roaming problem, it's a problem with the Isle of Man networks, not O2.

[MI5]

Strangely, every network in Europe has a problem when an O2 customer is roaming on it with "unlimited" data

[Anonymous]

I popped into the Sure shop and was assured there were no known problems with the network.

But if it's 'normal' then it's not joyous to be paying for it.

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

The home network will always take priority over any roaming network, but add to that the fact that O2 roaming speeds are heavily throttled all over EU you don't have a good mix.
You can get by with emails and low level surfing but forget streaming or anything that is data intensive.

[Cleoriff]

Remember we are entering holiday season....so expect speeds to be throttled... maybe over the next few weeks?

[MI5]

Always.....

[jonsie]

You think it's throttled now.....just wait

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

You think it's throttled now.....just wait

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Gotta agree with that....:smileysad: