Data only SIM traffic management - Streaming
12-01-2018 10:42 - edited 12-01-2018 10:42
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12-01-2018 10:42 - edited 12-01-2018 10:42
I've been having problems streaming HD and 4k content over my O2 40GB per month SIM, I have installed in a TP-Link MR6400 v2 4G LTE router and I have great signal (100% according to the router). www.speedtest.net shows good results about 45Mb/s but fast.com shows I have very slow download 1.2Mb/s.
Fast.com replicates streaming from Netflix and it is this result that made me realise that O2 are traffic managing video streaming traffic and limiting the bandwidth for this traffic. I had this confirmed when I swapped to a data only SIM from Three, again 40GB per month, the same tests I saw very different results! Speedtest.net about the same with 45MB download but fast.com was 54Mb/s!!! What a difference and now I can stream full 4k with no buffereing from iPlayer and Amazon Prime.
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on 12-01-2018 10:44
Using “bypass” as the username for apn sometimes helps.
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on 12-01-2018 10:58
Thanks, maybe I should've tried that before cancelling, but Ive switched to Three now. Luckily I was within my cooling off period!
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on 12-01-2018 11:07
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on 12-01-2018 11:07
Please select the post that helped you best and mark as the solution. This helps other members in resolving their issues faster. Thank you.
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on 12-01-2018 11:10
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on 12-01-2018 11:10
This will serve as a reminder to others