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]

@Anonymous you might find this link interesting http://mobile.pcadvisor.co.uk/features/network-wifi/3509254/what-is-difference-between-3g-4g-gprs-e-wi-fi/

[Anonymous]

Sarcasm indeed it is (intended as light humour). In the South West 3g is virtually non existent and where you can get it congestion issues mean you can't use it.

So i always find it entertaining when people complain that they only get 15, 20, 30, 40 mbs on 4g.

Come to the South West my friends. Even David Cameron couldn't use his mobile in Cornwall hence today's announcements (on another thread).

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Even David Cameron couldn't use his mobile in Cornwall hence today's announcements (on another thread).

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I bet that upset him 

[Cleoriff]

Hey Nick...Good to see you back mate. Missed your wit on here...

[Anonymous]

Just thought I would make a cameo appearance @Cleoriff

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous

You're welcome. 😊

Do take into account running speed tests can eat 40mb + of your data allowance, depending on which speed test your using.

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Just thought I would make a cameo appearance @Cleoriff

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Good to see you back all the same

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:
Just thought I would make a cameo appearance @Cleoriff

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Good to see you back all the same

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Indeed...missing the legal expertise....:smileywink:

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous thanks for the advice. Didn't realise! I use the speedtest.net one made by ookla. I have had problems with my WiFi at home so been using it to test my WiFi speed to report to my bb provider. The news report actually pushed me to comment on here. Not likely we'll get a response from o2 on this!

[MI5]

No, O2 won't respond but you can download the O2 My Network app to report the speeds you are getting.
http://www.o2.co.uk/apps/my-network