really slow speeds

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Ever since i got my ipad 3 mini the 3g speed has been consistently crap. The lack of 3g coverage when i am near a city is really concerning. Everytime i look at my Nexus 6 on EE i either have 3g or 4g. A lot of the time the ipad has Edge which is what i would expect if i was using on iPhone 1 in 2007! When i do have 3g the speed is really dire as well.

Here is a speed test using my ipad with 3g signal 3 dots out of 5

Speed Test result from SpeedSmart for iOS

Download: 0.40 Mbps
Upload: 0.37 Mbps
Ping: 148 Ms
Test Date: 10/24/15 - 12:12 pm
Connection: Mobile
Server: Nottingham, UK

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Here are the same tests using my nexus 6 with tethering turned on, to keep it a fair test i limited the connection to 3g on the nexus 6

Here are the results

Speed Test result from SpeedSmart for iOS

Download: 5.99 Mbps
Upload: 1.81 Mbps
Ping: 52 Ms
Test Date: 10/24/15 - 12:18 pm
Connection: WiFi
Server: Nottingham, UK

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Get it now: http://goo.gl/K0cQ0

These are results i would expect for a mobile phone network.

Is there something wrong with my iPad? Or is the o2 network over subscribed and underfunded?

I have had this ipad too long now to return it over the cooldown period, but if there was a way i could get out of this contract right now i would. Most of the time i take my 3g ipad out of the house i just end up tethering it to my phone, as i want the webpages i am looking at to actually load in a decent amount of time.

For other people that have an ipad and an iphone please download this app and share your speeds, as i would like to know what other people are getting. It could just be my area Mansfield (Nottingham) that might just be really bad.

Richard

[MI5]

I've kept a Three PAYG sim active for years as a fallback.
It's esp valuable for trips abroad now they do their feel at home thing.....

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
I've kept a Three PAYG sim active for years as a fallback.
It's esp valuable for trips abroad now they do their feel at home thing.....

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That is a good idea, the feel at home. Its a pity the other networks don't do a similar thing.

[MI5]

We are all wondering what will happen when Three take over o2......?

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
We are all wondering what will happen when Three take over o2......?

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I would like to think that they would improve the ropey 3G coverage, performance that O2 currently has

My main concern is, if Three will still have their All You Can Eat data option. Personally, I think something will have to give, perhaps have a limit on it.

[MI5]

In theory the 3g capacity will increase but it will all depend on their mast rationalisation programme. Hopefully they won't remove too many of them.