4G Network in Leeds & Bradford City Centre

[Anonymous]

I was quite shocked when I was in Leeds city centre and in Bradford city centre when using 4G. I ran a speedtest in both city centre and was shocked that I could only get between 6 and 8 Mbps! What happened to 4G being the fastest speed available? I'm using the Samsung Galaxy S5 which is 4G and uses cat 4 which in theory should reach 150 Mbps! What is going on? I get 34mbps download and 11mbps upload when at home which is 11 miles outside the city centre. Anyone know why? I was in an open space when trying the speedtest in both cities but your think that the cities would have the top 4G speeds. Leeds and Bradford were two of the first cities where o2 released 4G so you'd expect to speeds but I guess not.

[Anonymous]

Hi

im in Leeds on 4g and attain 

I wonder if the masts where you were was suffering from mast congestion when you ran the tests ? Possible. 

[Anonymous]

Bit worrying if 4g services are already suffering congestion.

Heaven help those of us that only have 2g

[MI5]

4g cells cannot suffer from congestion in the same way as 3g does because the cells don't breathe. What can happen is that the fibre backhaul gets overloaded and slows down the transfer speeds.
In all honesty I've never seen anything above 20mbps on O2 4g so I'd be happy with your 34meg anyday
You won't see 150meg as the infrastructure is not in place in the UK to deliver those speeds yet (EE are currently testing but that's it) so it makes no difference what the phone is capable of at the minute.
I also believe O2 cap at 50meg anyway.....

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous

Hope your ok ?

I agree.

If speeds are slowing down.

I feel for users who have no or weak 3G and actually drop below. 😔

[Anonymous]

What is 3g? Here in the South West we are unaware of this and a Google search didn't bring up much either.

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:
What is 3g? Here in the South West we are unaware of this and a Google search didn't bring up much either.

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It's a rare sight anywhere these days mate.... not just in the SW

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
What is 3g? Here in the South West we are unaware of this and a Google search didn't bring up much either.

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Sorry Buddy.  😒

[Anonymous]

@MI5 and @Anonymous and @Anonymous thanks for your comments. I actually tried at different times if the day as I was in each city for a full day. @MI5 as soon as you mentioned EE I got a shudder lol. Seriously though your post clicked something in my head about an article I had read. The 150mbps is cat 6 4G which is essentially 4G+ which EE are testing now.

All in all I agree with @Anonymous about congestion, if it's like that now, the speeds are no different than on 3G!

@Anonymous I'm not sure if you're joking or serious about the 3G comment but save to say that 3G is the internet signal that almost all of the UK can access. 3G has been around for quite a number of years now.

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:

@Anonymous I'm not sure if you're joking or serious about the 3G comment but save to say that 3G is the internet signal that almost all of the UK can access. 3G has been around for quite a number of years now.

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I believe it is sarcasm