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Data only SIM traffic management - Streaming

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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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Something we have known happens for years on o2 mate.
Using “bypass” as the username for apn sometimes helps.
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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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No worries mate.
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