Is anyone elses 3G really slow?

[Anonymous]

Curious if this is just me. But the pictures say it all really. 2 speed tests on H and different cell sites some 20 mile apart.

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/tt29x4thcr4lwav/SXiqfHXr4M

and

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2cftjvf63qq3swb/Screenshot_2014-01-20-20-10-46.png

I am using a Nexus 4 but tried my wifes Lumia and she gets the same results. Now I've never had 3G before but was shocked when I saw work colleages can get 15mb+ on 3 and EE. On O2 less than half a MB

[MI5]

Looks like an overcrowded cell tower.
Have you checked your postcode here http://status.o2.co.uk/

[Anonymous]

Hi

My 3G is not as slow as yours but I must admit is slower than I expected it to be.

H/H+ on my Samsung Note 2 is faster than 3G on my iPhone.

The Note mobile data is faster than my broadband!

[Anonymous]

My speeds can fluctuate which is pretty much the norm for me.

Be aware also that running Speed tests each eat about 40-50mb of your data allowance.

[Anonymous]

Just checked, it says

• Our network is currently working fine

  If we're doing work on the phone masts near you we'll tell you about it here.

  Updated 19:00 (refreshed hourly). Recent faults might not show yet.

• 

  Normal coverage for Voice, text and email (2G)

  Making calls, sending texts, using email on your phone.

  Good indoors and outdoors.
• 

  Normal coverage for Mobile internet and voice (3G)

  Fast networking. For smartphones, dongles and tablets.

  Good indoors and outdoors. Good for mobile broadband.

[MI5]

Well it shouldn't be that slow unless you are in a large city centre which is severely over subscribed....

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Get the o2 MyNetwork App and report the mast.

Clean and or swap out your SIM card to see if that helps is the norm advice.

[aldaweb]

That second one looks as though you are connected to wifi

[MI5]

Yeah, I noticed that too....?

[Anonymous]

It is Wifi, its at home, I was on 3G for the speedtest, I connected to Wifi to upload the pic